Person Greg; John (1716 - 1795); merchant; plantation owner; slaver Greg John merchant; plantation owner; slaver 1716 - 1795 British Male Belfast; Scotland 1716 1795 Burial: St Mary's Church; Hampton; London

Merchant; colonial administrator; plantation owner Career: Partner in Belfast-based shipping firm Torrans-Greg and Pouag specialising in transport of emigrants from Ulster to America; First Government Commissioner for the sale of land in the West Indies. Owner of three plantations: Hillsborough Estate; and Hertford in Dominica; Cane Garden estate on St Vincent; owned enslaved people and defended slavery to a Parliamentary Committee in Westminster Fellow 09/07/1772 Sources: Bulloch's Roll Royal Commonwealth Society Library archives: RCMS/266 Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery, UCL, [URL: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146644259; last accessed 04/06/2026] International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 - 1795 NA2564 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 04/06/2026 RS_NET\VidaM Yes https://viaf.org/en/viaf/106621202 affd39d9-79b3-42dc-8965-aa83fa4230e4