Hinton East

Hinton East (died 1792) was a Jamaican creole of English parents who was a member of House of Assembly of Jamaica for Kingston. He was also Judge Advocate General and Receiver General of Jamaica.[1]

A slave-owner, he created a private botanic garden at Spring Garden, Gordon Town, Liguanea.[2][3]

References

1. "Planters, Farmers and Gardeners in Eighteenth-Century Jamaica" by Douglas Hall in Brian L. Moore et al (Eds.) (2003). Slavery, Freedom and Gender: The Dynamics of Caribbean Society. Kingston: University of the West Indies Press. pp. 97-114 (p. 100). ISBN 978-976-640-137-5.
2. Hinton East. Legacies of British Slave-ownership, UCL. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
3. Hope Botanical Gardens. visitjamaica.com Retrieved 13 May 2019.

Further reading

• Broughton, Arthur. (1794) Hortus Eastensis: or, a Catalogue of Exotic Plants Cultivated in the Botanic Garden, in the Mountains of Liguanea, in the Island of Jamaica &c. St Jago de la Vega: Alexander Aikman for the House of Assembly.