Edward Hyde East, 1st Baronet Calcutta ( 1764 - 1847 )

Birth: Jamaica, West Indies, North and Central America (09 September 1764) Death: Sherwood Lodge, Battersea, London, England, United Kingdom (08 January 1847) Profession: Barrister; judge; colonial administrator; plantation and slave owner Research field: 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 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 11/04/1799.