Hillary, William

has biography | a une biographie: British absentee slave-owner in Jamaica and philanthropist in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Hillary was the founder of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in 1824. Hillary's connections to figures across Britain’s maritime imperial economy, including politicians, merchants, slave-traders and slave-owners, were important in securing the financial backing needed for the creation of the charity. Some of the charity’s first patrons included figures such as George Hibbert who owed their riches to British slavery.
was born | est né: 4 January 1771
died in | est mort par: 5 January 1847
has nationality | a la nationalité: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
has type | est de type: depicted
has association with | a une association avec: Hibbert, George

is referred to by | est référencé par: Wikipedia; Legacies of British Slavery - William Hillary; Legacies of British Slavery - George Hibbert; RNLI - 1824: Our Foundation; Janet Gleeson, The Lifeboat Baronet: Launching the RNLI (Stroud: The History Press, 2014)

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