 Robert Milligan (merchant)

Robert Milligan (1746 – 21 May 1809) was a prominent Scottish merchant and ship-owner 

Having grown up on his wealthy family's sugar plantations in Jamaica, Milligan left Jamaica in 1779 to establish himself in London, living in Hampstead for a period.In 1809, the year of his death, Milligan owned 526 slaves who worked at his sugar plantation called Kellet's and Mammee Gully.