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."Planters, Farmers and Gardeners in Eighteenth-Century Jamaica" by Douglas Hall in
A slave-owner, he created a private botanic garden at Spring Garden, Gordon Town, Liguanea.Hinton East. Legacies of British Slave-ownership, UCL. Retrieved 13 May 2019.Hope Botanical Gardens. visitjamaica.com Retrieved 13 May 2019.
References
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.