Person industrialist merchant
William Hinton
1817–1904
industrialist · merchant
William Hinton (1817–1904) was an Englishman born in Naples who settled in Madeira and founded the Torreão sugar factory in Funchal. He came to control the island's sugar and alcohol industry, ran an early foundry and is thought to have helped start the Camacha wickerwork industry.
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- Industries — English industrialist who ran an early Funchal foundry.
- Sugar cane — Owner of a sugar factory founded in Funchal in 1856.
- Sugar-cane mills — Owner of the Torreão factory who came to control Madeira's sugar and alcohol industry.
- Banks — Member of the first audit council of the Banco Commercial da Madeira.
- Hinton — English Oxford student born in Naples who settled in Madeira, founded the Torreão sugar factory and initiated Camacha wickerwork.
- Camacha (parish) — English industrialist thought to have helped start the Camacha wickerwork industry.
