William Hibbert (planter)

The firm was involved in the slave trade and principally with the shipping, insurance and distribution of sugar from the West Indies.

[4] In 1782, Hibbert won £20,000 (or a share of it) in a benefit lottery, and returned to England, where he continued working in the London branch of the family business.

The Legacies of British Slave-ownership database shows thirteen claims with which Hibbert was involved, often as a mortgage holder with other family members.

Two of his daughters, Sarah and Mary Anne, commissioned an almshouse on Wandsworth Road, Clapham in his memory.

long an inhabitant of Clapham anno domini 1859.The almshouses were designed by Edward I'Anson and are Grade II listed;[9] they are considered to "have ensured that William's memory has been enshrined in the local area although it is unlikely that many people are now aware of his involvement with slavery".