Robert Sewell (1751 – 30 April 1828) was a British politician and colonial official who sat in the Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of United Kingdom from 1796 to 1802 and served as the Attorney General of Jamaica.
[1] In February 1776 they set sail for Jamaica on board the Judith and Hilaria from Portsmouth with Sarah's sisters Mary, Maria and Catherine.
[4][circular reference] He became Member of Parliament for Grampound from 1796 to 1802 and spoke in the House of Commons on behalf of the West Indian Planters interest.
In April and May 1798 he spoke against the abolitionist William Smith's proposal to provide minimum level of space for enslaved Africans on slave ships.
He rejected a minimum of 40 cubic feet (1.1 m3), arguing that "negroes prefer being herded together".