John Pretor Pinney was a plantation owner on the island of Nevis in the West Indies and was a sugar merchant in Bristol. He made his fortune from England’s demand for sugar. His Bristol residence is now the city's Georgian House Museum.
John Pinney
Memorial in St Michael and All Angels' Church, Somerton
Nevis is an island in the Caribbean Sea that forms part of the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain of the West Indies. Nevis and the neighbouring island of Saint Kitts constitute the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, a singular nation state. Nevis is located near the northern end of the Lesser Antilles archipelago about 350 kilometres (220 mi) east-southeast of Puerto Rico and 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of Antigua. Its area is 93 square kilometres (36 sq mi) and the capital is Charlestown.
A view of Nevis from the southeastern peninsula of Saint Kitts in 2005
The east coast of Nevis, partially protected by coral reefs with Long Haul Bay visible in the foreground
Main Street in Charlestown, Nevis
The view looking inland from the Nevis airport in 2008