Person East; Sir; Edward Hyde (1764 - 1847); 1st Baronet Calcutta; judge East Edward Hyde Sir judge 1764 - 1847 British Male Jamaica, West Indies, North and Central America 09 September 1764 17640909 Sherwood Lodge, Battersea, London, England, United Kingdom 08 January 1847 18470108

Sherwood Lodge, Battersea, London, England, United Kingdom

Barrister; Judge; Colonial official; plantation and slave owner Law Education 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 Great-grandson of Captain John East (aka Edward East) who was active in the conquest of Jamaica; married Jane Isabella Hankey (1786) Fellow 11/04/1799 34 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)] International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 9 Sep 1764 - 8 Jan 1847 NA2947 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 05/06/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM yes http://viaf.org/viaf/68997592 6a1d88d1-7c6d-4b50-b8c5-82736287c16c