His teachers included Frederick Bridge of Westminster Abbey.
[1] In 1882 Hinton was appointed resident music-master at Blairlodge School in Polmont, Scotland, moving then in 1885 to be organist at Hyndland Church, Hillhead, Glasgow.
[2] His published compositions include a setting of De Profundis, a song titled Eldorado, and some anthems.
[4][5] He was honorary secretary of the Glasgow Society of Musicians in 1909.
[7] In May 1910 he went to Canada,[8] and worked in Ontario before heading west, to British Columbia.