Richard Hillary

Liverpool and Jamaica merchant and slave-owner, from a Liverpool Quaker family and brother of Sir William Hillary (q.v.). Both his brother William and sister Mary have entries in the ODNB, the latter of which describes her father as a Jamaican plantation owner.

1. Will of Richard Hillary [now] of Liverpool [but shortly to undertake a voyage to Jamaica] [made 25/02/1801] proved 26/05/1804. He left his warehouse in Atherton Street in Liverpool to his sister Mary Hillary, together with his estate Bambridge Hall near Aisgarth, the latter of which his brother William Hillary was entitled to take instead on payment of £1000 to their sister Mary. He left all his real and personal property in Jamaica and his personalty in England to his brother William.

2. He was a member of the Jamaica House of Assembly at the time of his death.

We are grateful to Steven Carter for his assistance in compiling this entry.

Plaskitt, Emma. "Rolls [née Hillary], Mary (1781/2–1835), poet." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 23 Sep. 2004; Accessed 24 Jan. 2020. https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-63271

1. PROB 11/1408/307.

2. Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, p.516. United Kingdom: Burke's Peerage Limited., 1848.