Authorised form of name | East; Sir; Edward Hyde (1764 - 1847); 1st Baronet Calcutta; judge |
Dates | 1764 - 1847 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Jamaica, West Indies, North and Central America |
Date of birth | 09 September 1764 |
Place of death | Sherwood Lodge, Battersea, London, England, United Kingdom |
Date of death | 08 January 1847 |
Occupation | Barrister; judge; colonial administrator; plantation and slave owner |
Research field | Law |
Education |
Activity | Education: Harrow School; Magdalen College, University of Oxford Career: Major slave owner in Jamaica, where he was born and his family had long-established sugar plantations; called to the Bar at Inner Temple (1786); MP for Great Bedwyn (1792-1796); Principal of Hindu College (later Hindu School, Kolkata); Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Fort William, Bengal, India (1813-1822); MP for Winchester (1823-183); Privy Councillor; Bencher of Inner Temple Honours: Kt 1813; Bt 1823
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 11/04/1799 |
Age at election | 34 |
Relationships | Great-grandson of Captain John East (aka Edward East) who was active in the conquest of Jamaica; married Jane Isabella Hankey (1786) |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Wikipedia; UCL LBS Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1847 No 69 pp 708-710 References: 'Sir Edward Hyde East 1st Bart.', Legacies of British Slave-ownership database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/16601 [accessed 3rd July 2020)] |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/68997592 |
Code | NA2947 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1799/02 | East, Sir Edward Hyde: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
IM/001228 | East, Sir Edward Hyde | nd |