British farmer and plantation owner in New Zealand and Hawaii
For the servant of Margaret Tudor, see Elizabeth Sinclair (courtier).
Elizabeth McHutcheson Sinclair
Photograph taken by James J. Williams
Born
(1800-04-26)26 April 1800
Glasgow, Scotland
Died
16 October 1892(1892-10-16) (aged 92)
Makaweli, Kauai, Hawaii
Occupation(s)
Farmer, rancher, landowner
Known for
Niʻihau
Spouse
Francis W. Sinclair
Children
George, Jane, Helen, James, Francis and Anne
Parent(s)
William (or James) McHutcheson and Jean Robertson
Elizabeth McHutcheson Sinclair (26 April 1800 – 16 October 1892) 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 (and much of the family's property) were later lost at sea.
After years of farming, mainly at Pigeon Bay on the Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury region of the South Island, she decided to relocate to Canada. Unhappy with the conditions she found on Vancouver Island, she considered California but instead went to Hawaii where she bought the Hawaiian island of Niʻihau for US$10,000 (equivalent to about $195,000 in 2023). She later bought additional lands at Hanapepe and Makaweli on the island of Kauaʻi.[1] Her descendants, the Robinson family, continue to own and maintain the island of Ni'ihau.[2]
^Novitz 2010
^Dunford 2003
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