The younger son of George Hibbert (1757-1837) and brother of Nathaniel Hibbert (1794-1865); educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, he succeeded his father at the West India Dock Company. He left the bulk of his estate to Sydney George Holland (1855-1931), Nathaniel's grandson.

REFERENCES TO George Hibbert:

Sydney Smith to Saba Holland, December 1843 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Sydney Smith to Saba Holland, [28] January 1844 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)