Thomas Spottswood Hinde (April 19, 1785 – February 9, 1846) was an American newspaper editor, opponent of
slavery, author, historian, real estate investor, Methodist minister and a founder of the city of
Mount Carmel, Illinois. Members of the Hinde family were prominent in Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois. His sons
Charles T. Hinde became a shipping magnate and
Edmund C. Hinde an adventurer. He was the father-in-law of judge
Charles H. Constable.