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1784 ALMANAC

ALMANAC AND REGISTER FOR THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA 1784

LIST OF THE ARMY IN JAMAICA

STAFF

Commander-in-Chief, His Excellency Major-General Archibald Campbell

Aid-de-Camp, the Hon. Captain Fitzroy, 14th Regiment

Commissary-General, Thomas Mure, Esq

Deputy Commissary General, Edward Bowes, Esq.

Assistant Commissary, William Walker, Esq.

HOSPITAL STAFF

Apothecary and Storekeeper, Everard Home, Esq.

Assistant Surgeons, Thomas Ayrey and Patrick Henley

3rd (The Earl of Kent) Regiment of Foot, or Buffs

Colonel, Lieutenant-General William Style

Lieutenant Colonel, Alexander Stewart (brevet Colonel)

Major, Thomas Dawson (brevet Lieut. Col.)

Captains

James Abercrombie

W. Mad. Richardson

Hon. John Leslie

Thomas DaCosta

Oliver Lambert

John Biddulph

William Honeywood

Captain-Lieutenant and Captain, Charles M'Murdo

Lieutenants

R. P. Gilbert

Edward Scott

George Billingshurst

Edward Silvester

John Hamilton

John Comerford

George Kay

Richard Williams

George Deffel (or Dessel) Bowes

James Morrison

W. A. Prevost

Ensigns

A. Gordon Stewart

John Willington'John Blair

George Montgomery

___ Davidson

Alexander Petrie

John Ellwood

Staff

Chaplain, Humphrey Jones

Adjutant, R. P. Gilbert

Quartermaster, William Taylor

Surgeon, James Muir

14th (or Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot

Colonel, Lieut. General Robert Cunninghame

Lieutenant-Colonel, James Rooke

Major, James Urquhart

Captains

David Cooper

Alexander Ross

William Brown

John Batut

William Ramsay

William Wallace

Hon. William Monson

Captain-Lieutenant and Captain, Hugh Campbell

Lieutenant

T. Park

James Grant

Robert Brownrigg

Thomas Tindale

Hugh Perry

Hercules Harrison

William Crawley

John Whitelock

Thomas Cockrane

John Tickell

Humphry Lloyd

Ensigns

James COtter

James Dunbar

Frederick Meard

T. G. Elrington

Richard Jopp

___ Perkins

Staff

Chaplain, John Wright

Adjutant, John Whitelock

Quartermaster, John Laugton

Surgeon, James Snagg

Mate, Arthur Jameson

19th (or 1st Yorkshire N. Riding) Regiment of Foot

Colonel, Lieut. General David Graeme

Lieutenant-Colonel, James Coates

Major, Colebrook Nesbitt

Captains

John McGill

John Smith

John Skerrett

David John Bell

Colin Campbell

William Sleigh

Captain-Lieutenant and Captain, William Giles

Lieutenants

Richard Gem

George Taggart

William May

Matthew Scott

Marcus L. Crofton

Con. Blen. Hassett

William Vincent

William Beamish

John Bloomfield

John B. Perrin

James O'Conner

Ensigns

George Byng

Robert Bloomfield

Arthur Cavanagh

William Grant

George Fuller

John Ramsay

Alexander Gray

Staff

Chaplain, Bacon Bedingfield

Adjutant, Richard Gem

Quartermaster, William McLaren

Surgeon, John Denholme

Mate, James Cameron

60th (or Royal American) Regiment of Foot

First Battalion

Colonel-in-Chief, General Lord Amherst

Colonel Commandant, Lt., General Frederick Haldimand

Lt. Colonel, Stephen Kemble, (brevet Colonel)

Major, Peter Hunter (brevet Lt. Col.)

Captains

Bernard Ratzer

Frederick Desbarres

Charles Dixon

James Bain

Samuel Rutherford

Alexander Dirom

James Fahy

T. G. Browne

Captain-Lieutenant and Captain, John James Ecuyer

Lieutenants

Edward Davies

Marin Vaniper

Robert Lethbridge

C. Brown

L. Greenhorn

Louis Correvont

J. G. Tucker

A. McLean

John Marsh

R. Coghlan

H. Graydon

Ensigns

A. F. Prevost

J. B. Prevost

John Barber

John Goodhall

William Vassal May

___ Ross

John Marsh Clew

Staff

Chaplain, the Rev. James Manefty (or Manesty)

Adjutant, Thomas Burton

Quartermaster, John Kaston

Surgeon, Isaac Titford

Mate, Edward Devenish

Detachment from the First Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Artillery

Major, John Daniel Goll

Capt. Lieutenant, John Innes

1st Lieuts.

Edward Wood

George Cookson

Alexander Robertson

William Robe

Surgeon, McMillan Jameson

Surgeon's Mate, James Shaw

Paymaster, and Commissary of Land Ordnance Stores, Miles Sanford

LIST OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS ON THIS STATION

Commander-in-Chief, Joshua Rowley, Esq., Rear-Admiral of the Red

Secretary, John Willis, Esq.

SHIP, CAPTAIN, GUNS

Preston, George Martin, 50

Resistance, Edward O'Bryen, 42

Fox, eorge Stoney, 32

Nemesis, Edward Tyrrell Smith, 28

Camilla, John Hutt, 24

Ariel, James Norman, 18

Porcupine, Herbert Sawyer, 12

NOTE: Charles Hotchkys, Esq. (Captain in the Navy) Commandant of the Garrison at Port Royal, with the rank of Colonel in the Militia.

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OFFICERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S NAVAL-YARD AT PORT ROYAL

Commissioner, Robert Lambert

Store-Keeper, L. Robert Allen

Ordnance-Keeper, Robert Benton

Agent Victualler, John Coverdale

Master Builder, Alexander Innes

Master Attendant, W. Forfar

Contractor for supplying His Majesty's Ships with fresh beef, Archibald Galbraith Esq.

His Agents at the Out-Ports

Port Antonio, Thomas Oakley

Lucea, James Hudson & Co.

Montego Bay, C. Watson

Black River, Cohen & Hyman

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NAVAL HOSPITAL AT PORT ROYAL

Surgeon and Agent, Robert Wood

Clerk, George Hill Willacy

Assistant Surgeon, John Fitzsimmons

Contractor for shipping provisions, etc. Robert Grant


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