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Lopes, Sir Manasseh Masseh, first baronet (1755–1831), landowner and politician  

J. A. Hamilton

revised by Hallie Rubenhold

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004

Lopes, Sir Manasseh Masseh, first baronet (1755–1831), landowner and politician, was born Manasseh Lopes in Jamaica on 27 January 1755, only son of Mordecai Rodriguez Lopes (d. 1796), plantation owner, and Rebecca, daughter of Manasseh Pereira of Jamaica. He came from a family of Sephardic Jews who had become very wealthy as sugar planters in ...