Hinton East Explained

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]}

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.

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=3p_dhz9ewjAC&pg=PA100 "Planters, Farmers and Gardeners in Eighteenth-Century Jamaica"
2. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146650915 Hinton East.
3. https://www.visitjamaica.com/listing/hope-botanical-gardens/432/ Hope Botanical Gardens.