horticulturist
Elizabeth Sinclair.
British farmer and plantation owner in New Zealand and Hawaii (1800 - 1892)
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About Elizabeth Sinclair
Elizabeth McHutcheson Sinclair was a Scottish homemaker, farmer, and plantation owner in New Zealand and Hawaii, best known as the matriarch of the Sinclair family that bought the Hawaiian island of Niʻihau in 1864. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, she married Francis Sinclair, a ship's captain. With six children in tow, the family moved to New Zealand. Her husband and eldest son were later lost at sea.
Everything about Elizabeth Sinclair →- Occupation
- horticulturist, farmer, botanical collector
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- April 26, 1800
- Died
- October 16, 1892