George Hibbert
(1757-1837), MerchantSitter associated with 2 portraits
George Hibbert was born at Stockfield Hall near Manchester. His father Robert Hibbert was a West India merchant and cotton manufacturer who owned several large plantations in Jamaica. George joined his family’s business eventually becoming senior partner. Alongside this, he held several other influential positions. He was central to the Society of West India Planters and the building of the West India Quays in Canary Wharf where a statue of him now stands. As MP for Seaford in Sussex, he was part of the proslavery lobby and was regarded as the most eminent of the West India merchants. Hibbert also used his wealth from slavery to establish the National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, which would eventually become the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
Unknown man, formerly known as George Hibbert
by John Murphy, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, late 18th-early 19th century
NPG D35756
by James Ward, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, 1785-1859
NPG D35757
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