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Prince Regent George III Royalty British Baronet Supreme Court Royal Document UK:
$262.46

LOT-G392. For your consideration is an exceedingly rare and historically important original antique c.1818 H.M. King George III issue royal British Supreme Court manuscript document, signed and sealed at Fort William, Bengal, India, and hand-signed by the Registrar / Sheriff, in the name of Prince Regent Baronet Sir Edward Hyde East, Knight and Chief Justice of the Royal British Supreme Court at Fort William.

Royal British India Supreme Court document is original. Condition is original. Royal wax seal of Prince Regent Edward Hyde East is fully intact, featuring crown, cipher, and coat of arms. Royal manuscript document measures 8.0" x 12.75". The manuscript is watermarked with the royal watermark of King George III Supreme Court. The paper type is laid. Document is manuscript handwritten in black ink. Original folds. Museum quality. It's one of a kind. Authentic and correct.

Sir Edward Hyde East, 1st Baronet (9 September 1764 – 8 January 1847) was a British member of parliament, legal writer, and judge in India. He served as chief justice of Calcutta from 1813 to 1822. He was the first principal of Hindu College (later Hindu School, Kolkata).

Edward Hyde East was born in Jamaica island on 9 September 1764. He was the great-grandson of Captain John East (aka Edward East), who was active in the English conquest of Jamaica. Hyde East owned a number of plantations at the behest of the King - George IV Prince Regent in Jamaica along with the people on them. He became a student of the Inner Temple, London, and was called to the bar on 10 November 1786. He sat in the parliament of 1792 for Great Bedwin and steadily supported William Pitt.

In 1813, East was chosen to succeed Sir Henry Russell as chief justice of the supreme court at Fort William, Bengal. Before he left England, he was knighted by the Prince Regent. Besides performing his judicial duties, he interested himself in Indian education and was the chief promoter of Hindu College. When he retired from office in 1822, the Indians presented him with an address and subscribed for a statue of him. This, executed by Francis Chantrey, was afterward placed in the grand-jury room of the Supreme Court. On his return to the UK, East was made a baronet on 25 April 1823.