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William Brereton (planter)

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Plantation Peter's Hall (marked B, bottom left) on a map of St. Mathew's Parish, Demerara River east bank, 1832.

William Brereton (died 21 October 1822) was a planter in British Guiana in the early 19th-century. He was of Irish descent, the son of William Brereton of Mountrath.

He was the owner of the Peter's Hall and Westside plantations and the joint owner of the Taymouth plantation, all in Essequebo, British Guiana.

References

  1. St. Mathew's Parish, being the east bank of Demerara River as far as settlements extend. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  2. Peter's Hall. Legacies of British Slave-ownership, UCL. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  3. William Brereton junior. Legacies of British Slave-ownership, UCL. Retrieved 2 March 2019.

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