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1784 ALMANAC

ALMANAC AND REGISTER FOR THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA 1784

MILITIA OF JAMAICA

GENERAL AND STAFF OFFICERS

Captain-General and Commander in Chief, His Excellency Major-General Archibald Campbell.

His Aids-de-Camp

Lt. Cols:

Robert Sewell

Thomas McLean

Joseph Brooks

Archibald Campbell

William Gray

Allan McLean

John Jackson

Major-Generals

Hon. John Palmer

Thomas Reed

Sir Charles Price, Baronet

Hon. Thomas Davison

John Grizell

John Myrie

Hon. W. P. Browne

Samuel Howell

D. Bernard, Esquires

Staff

Adjutant-General, Alex. Dirom, Esq.

Quartermaster-General, George Murray, Esq.

Deputy Quartermaster-General: W. Boddington. Andrew Cathcart, Algernoon Warren, David Finlayson, Charles Edward Lewis, Esquires.

Superintendent-General, and keeper of Militia Ordnance Stores, Lieut. Colonel Allan McLean

Commissary for Westmorelamd, Lt. Col. Benjamin William Blake

Superintendent of Pioneers and Working Parties, John Henderson Esq.

Mustermaster General, Th. Foulkes, Esq.

Deputy, Mr. S. Felsted

Physician-General, Drs. James Murray, Archibald Sympson, and William Wright, M. D. & F. R. S.

Surgeon-General, James Nasmyth, Esq.

Surgeon-General for the County of Cornwall, Charles Farquharson, Esq.

Apothecary-General, Thomas Clarke, Esq.

Apothecary-General for Cornwall, Doctor Robert Watson

Judge-Advocate-General, Hinton East, Esq.

MILITIA OF HORSE

EASTERN DIVISION

FIELD OFFICERS

Colonel, the Hon. Simon Taylor, Esq.

1st Lt. Col. Archibald Montgomery

2d Lt. Col. Moses Benson

1st Major, John Codrington

2d Major, William O'Brien

KINGSTON 1ST TROOP

Captain, George Munro

Capt. Lieut. Thomas Bagnold

1st Lieut. Leonard Wray

2d Lieut. Thomas Baines

Cornet, John Westmoreland

Quartermaster, James Clarke

KINGSTON 2d TROOP

Captain, Thomas Gally

Lieut. George Parker

Cornet, David East

Quartermaster, William Daggers

KINGSTON 3d TROOP

Captain, John Hogg

1st Lieut. Richard Lake

2d Lieut. Thomas Prince

Cornet, Philip Allwood

Quartermaster, G. R. Dunston

ST. ANDREWS, 1ST TROOP

Captain, Harry Lumsden

1st Lieut. Duncan McLachlan

2d Lieut. Moses Stobe

Cornet, W. Prendergast

Quartermaster, C. Mumford

ST. ANDREWS, 2d TROOP

Captain, James Cockburn

1st Lieut. David Baveridge

ST. DAVID'S TROOP

Captain, Thomas Cushnie

1st Lieut. William Paterson

2d Lieut. James Stanton

Cornet, William Ledwick

BLUE MOUNTAIN TROOP

Captain, William Vick

1st Lieut. Archibald Edgar

2nd Lieut. Daniel McFarlane

Cornet, Andrew Murdoch

Quartermaster, Duncan Stewart

PORT MORANT TROOP

Captain, Robert McDermeit

1st Lieut. James Clarehue

2d Lieut. Campbell Douglass

Cornet, John McQueen

Quartermaster, Henry Robertson

MANCHIONEAL TROOP

Lieut. William Currie

Cornet, Marshall Barclay

Quartermaster, Thomas Neufville

PORTLAND TROOP

Capt. George M. Paplay

1st Lieut. John Bryan Brown

2nd. Lieut. William Bourke

STAFF

Adjutant, William Waters

Deputy J. Ad. JamesTierney

Chaplain, Rev. Mid. Howard

MIDLAND DIVISION

FIELD OFFICERS

Colonel, David Campbell

Lt. Col. Bennet Smith

1st Major, Henry Parker

2d Major, Richard Batty

ST. CATHERINE'S TROOP

Capt. Thomas Millward

1st Lieut. James Jones

2d. Lieut. Henry Kelsall

Cornet, Charles Grant

Quartermaster, Thomas Cullum

ST. ANN'S TROOP

Capt. James Rose

1st Lieut. Aeneas Grant

2d Lieut. Henry William Tucker

Cornet, Henry McCook

Quartermaster, Cosmo Gordon

ST. MARY'S TROOP

Capt. Henry Lyons

1st Lieut. Thomas Priddie

2d Lieut. Archibald Conyngham

Cornet, William Hewitson

Qmaster, John Sharpe

ST. THOMAS IN THE VALE TROOP

Capt. George Brammer

1st Lieut. William Lord

2d Lieut. John Fuller Brown

Cornet, Charles Balfour

Qmaster, James Halbert

ST. JOHN'S TROOP

1st. Lieut. Robert Dillon

2d Lieut. James Douglas

Cornet, William Gaetrell

Qmaster, Kenneth Morrison

ST. DOROTHY'S TROOP

Capt. George Lester Brown

1st Lieut. ___ Grant

2d Lieut. Alexander Maxwell

Cornet, John Batterby

Qmaster, John Thomas Mytin

CLARENDON TROOP

Capt. Edmund Fearon Bourke

1st Lieut. Archibald Campbell

2d Lieut. John Reid

Cornet, Robert Ross

VERE TROOP

Capt. John Ashley

1st Lieut. Thomas John Parker

2d Lieut. John Gall Booth

Cornet, Robert Allen

Qmaster. Francis Farquhar

Staff

Surgeon, Alexander Lowe

Adjutant, John O'Meally

WESTERN DIVISION

FIELD OFFICERS

Colonel in Chief, Major General the Hon. John Palmer, Esq.

Colonel Commandant, Joseph James Swaby, Esq.

1st Lt. Col. John Simpson

2d Lt. Col. Thomas Bucknor

1st Major, Robert Scarlett

2d Major, Donald Malcolm

TRELAWNY WINDWARD TROOP

Capt. William Cross

1st Lieut. William Wilton

2d Lieut. John Lindsay Watt

1st Cornet, Philip Doharty

2d Cornet, Robert Minto

Adjutant Qtrmaster, Colin Campbell

2d Adjutant Qtrmaster, Patrick Smith

TRELAWNY MIDLAND TROOP

Capt. Samuel Barrett

1st Lieut. James Scarlett

2d Lieut. John Fowler

1st Cornet, Francis Jennings

2d Cornet, Archibald Morrison

Qmasters, James McGhie, Henry Hough

Adjutant, James Virgo Dunn

ST. JAMES'S TROOP

Capt. John Kennion

1st Lieut. John Cleland

2d Lieut. George Dunbar

1st Cornet, John Scarlett

2d Cornet, James McCarty

Qmasters, Patrick Gray and John Gayner, junior

HANOVER WINDWARD TROOP

Capt. Samuel Morris

Lieuts. John Brissett, Benjamin Tenison, and Archibald Campbell

Cornet, John McLelln

Qmaster, Henry Scrymgeour

Adjutant, John William Smith

HANOVER LEEWARD TROOP

Capt. Samuel Cunningham

1st Lieut. Isaac Cresse

2d Lieut. John Parnther

Qmaster, George Scott

Cornets, Thomas Oliver, James Grant, John Hill and John Tennant

Adjutant, James Fleming

WESTMORELAND TROOP

1st Lieut. Harry Young

2d Lieut. Layton Smith

Cornets, Samuel Delap, Anthony Morris, and T. Porter

Qmaster, Samuel Jeffery

ST. ELIZABETH TROOP

Capt. Charles Rowe

1st Lieut. Robert Browne

2d Lieut. Francis Smith

Cornet, Matthew Smith

Qmaster, John Robb

Staff

Surgeon, Dr. George Bingham


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