William Hardin Burnley (21 April 1780 – 29 December 1850)[1] was an American-born British-Trinidadian planter who was the largest slave-owner in Trinidad in the nineteenth century.
[2][3][1][4] Born in New York City, he was the son of Hardin Burnley (1741–1823) and his wife, Catherine, née Maitland (1752/3–1827).
The family moved to London in 1786, and Burnley attended Harrow School in 1793.
He visited Trinidad in 1793, and eventually settled on the island.
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