Choose Lavender or Peppermint. Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse stands was once part of large land grant awarded by the English Crown to Wills Hills, the Earl of Hillsborough, who served as Britain’s Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1768 – 1772. "When it's a stormy night and land is out of sight, there is nothing like looking out and seeing that light," said Harry Cushing, owner of a marine trinket store and founder of the Hillsboro Lighthouse Preservation Society.