Robert Milligan, Esqr

Print showing Robert Milligan (c.1746-1809) a West India merchant and shipowner. Milligan was a wealthy West India merchant, ship and plantation owner, having previously managed his family's Jamaica sugar plantations. Outraged at losses due to theft and delay at London's riverside wharves, Milligan headed a group of powerful businessmen who planned and built West India Docks. Milligan served as both Deputy Chairman and Chairman of the West India Dock Company.

Object Details

ID: PAG6465
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Minasi, James; Abbott, Lemuel Francis
Date made: 1760-1803
People: Milligan, Robert
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 573 x 430 mm; Mount: 632 mm x 480 mm
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