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1870 JAMAICA ALMANAC

PAROCHIAL OFFICERS, MAGISTRATES, ETC.

Note 1: All Justices of the Peace take Probates of Deeds.

Note 2: The *prefixed to a name denotes off the Island; the + that the person resides out of the Parish; and the Justices' names in italics are Stipendiary Magistrates.

COUNTY OF SURREY

CITY AND PARISH OF KINGSTON

To which has been annexed the Palisadoes and Town of Port Royal, and a Stripe of the southern part of St. Andrew

Custos Rotulorum, etc: Hon. Louis Quier Bowerbank, M.D.

Magistrates:

John Samuel Brown

Henry Lord Garrigues

Robert Osborn

Thomas Beecher Wiltshire

George Pierrepoint Maxwell Downer

Richard James Caide Hitchins

James Davidson

Phineas Bravo

James Derbyshire

John Fowles

Charles Campbell, M.D.

Hon. James Henry McDowell

+David Ewart

David Martin

Theo. DePass

Aaron Salom

David Qualo

William Samuel Payne

Alexander Fiddes, F.R.C.S. Edin.

Sampson Altman

James Scott, M.R.C.S. Eng.

John Jonas Hart

George Silvera

Stephen Weise Mais

William Barclay

William George Astwood

Henry Salomon Samuel

Emanuel Lyons

William Salmon Cooper

Solomon Levy Barned

Richard Chamberlaine

Richard Hitchins

Henry John Bicknell

Hon. William Gardner Freeman

Richard Bennett Berry

John Rider Brice

Charles Arthur Robinson

Charles Levy

Henry Forbes Colthirst

William Lee

George Solomon

Joseph Francis

Louis Verley

Daniel Finzi

Arnold Louis Malabre

David Judah Alberga

William Malabre

Joseph Stines

Benjamin Abraham Franklin

Abraham Cohen Stern

Peter John Ferron

Jonas Hart

John Fisher Lawrence

Louis Lewis

James Kay Fingzies

Altamont DeCordova

Henry Delgado

Alfred Delgado

Thomas Francis Roxburgh

Frederick Ariend Ebbeke

Ralph Nunes

Daniel Power Trench

George Henderson

*Alexander Turnbull

Alexander Macintyre

William Berry, senior

Francis Belinfante Lyons

Alfred DaCosta

James Chapman Melville

Jacob Alvarenga

William Thomas Jamieson

Simon Soutar

Clerk of the Peace and to the Magistrates of Kingston: F. R. Lynch

Municipal Board:

Hon. Louis Quier Bowerbank

John Samuel Brown

Henry Hutchings

James Chapman Melville

Alfred DaCosta

Road Board:

Hon. Louis Quier Bowerbank

Henry Forbes Colthirst

Dr. Charles Campbell

Charles Arthur Robinson

Rev. A. J. Milne

Rev. William Griffiths

Clerk to the Municipal Board and Road Board: Augustus N. Cordoza

________________________

Churchwardens: Henry Forbes Colthirst, Dr. Charles Campbell

Collector of Dues for Port Royal: Henry Maxwell Hall

Harbour Master: William Salmon Cooper

Health Officer: George P. M. Downer

Island Stipendiary Magistrate: Henry John Bicknell

Coroner in the City of Kingston: Dr. Sampson Altman

Coroner in Town of Port Royal: Francis White

Medical Attendant to the Poor: Charles Lake

Inspector of Weight and Measures: Richard Edwards

Collectors of Petty Debts for Kingston : John Escoffery, Edward G. Aldred

...for Port Royal: John Engledue

Bailiff for Kingston: John Walker

Keeper of the Court House, etc., and Messenger to Municipal Board: Peter Dennison

Keeper of Town Clock: James William Whitbourne

Lessee of the Market: Robert Williamson

Crier of the Circuit Court: Horatio Vaz


ST. ANDREW

Which includes the mountain district of Port Royal

Custos Rotulorum, etc: Hon. James H. McDowell

Magistrates:

Robert Hamilton, M.D.

Henry Kent, R.N.

Robert Taylor

Welwood Maxwell Anderson

Robert Osborn

John Rider Brice

Stephen Weise Mais

John J. Duval

David Judah Alberga

Alexander Branker

William Salmon Cooper R.N.

James Derbyshire

James Davidson

+Charles Campbell M.D.

David Ewart

William Berry, senior

William Alexander Titley

John Parry

William George Astwood

Alexander Gilbert Robertson

William Barclay

Thomas Harrison

Charles Lascelles

William Samuel Payne

James Hammett

John McLean

Louis Verley

Oliver McBean Leray

Aaron Salom

Andrew Anders Schouberg

William Malabre

Henry John Bicknell

Charles Levy

Arnold Louis Malabre

James Chapman Melville

Augustus Miles

Peter John Ferron

George Henderson

Joseph Francis

Duncan Archibald Campbell

R. McEnery

J. Fowles

+Hon. H. Westmorland

+Hon William Hosack

Col. John Desborough, R.A.

Daniel P. Trench

John T. Orrett

Clerk of the Peace and Clerk to the Magistrates: Henry J. Kemble

Municipal Board:

Hon. James H. McDowell (Chairman)

Stephen Weise Mais

David Judah Alberga

James Derbyshire

Robert Osborn

William Alexander Titley

Burton Thomas

Road Board:

Hon. James H. McDowell

Rev. George T. Braine

James Derbyshire

Rev. H. H. Isaacs

John McLean

M. C. Morgan

Augustus Miles

Stephen Weise Mais

Henry Mais

Duncan Archibald Campbell

Rev. Richard Copp

Clerk to the Municipal Board and Road Board: Walter Stewart

_________________________

Churchwardens: Charles Lascelles

Collector of Taxes St. Andrew: Walter Stewart

Coroner: John Rider Brice

Solicitor for the Parish: Edward Whitehouse Lewis

Superintendent of Almshouse: John Hoyes

Government Medical Officer, Halfway Tree: J. Cargill

Matron to Almshouse: Ann J. Edwards

Messenger to Almshouse: Richard Clarke

Almoner: Walter Stewart

 

Poundkeepers:

of Lowland Pound: John Hoyer

of Sans Souci: Henry Smith

of Roden Vale: David Allen

 

Keeper of Court House: William Robertson


ST. THOMAS

Which includes St. David, and extends eastwards to Manchioneal

Custos Rotulorum, etc: Hon. David Ewart (Acting)

Magistrates:

+David Ewart

James Patterson

Duncan Campbell McKenzie

Henry Coppard

+Richard Hill

Alexander Gordon Fyfe

James Davidson

Hon. James H. McDowell

+John Jonas Hart

William Codner Miller

William Mowat

+John Stona

Henry Mais

Samuel Shortridge

George Burrell Smith

+John Casserly

+Thomas Witter Jackson

George Symons Airey

Charles Lascelles

William Moore James

James Harrison

+Joseph Deleon Walker

Daniel Marshalleck

+George H. Chevannes, junior

+Aaron Salom

John Davidson

Plato Elpeck

William Thomas Jameson

William Carey Clark, M.D.

Robert Duhany

Christian L. Hider

Henry John Bicknell

Charles Rampine

John Stothert Gerrard

Robert Kirkland

Alexander Patterson

Clerk of the Peace and Clerk to the Magistrates: Stephen Cooke

Municipal Board:

Hon. David Ewart (Acting Custos)

Robert Kirkland

Charles Lascelles

William Mowat

Daniel Marshalleck

James Patterson

Plato Elpeck

Road Board:

Hon. David Ewart (Acting Custos)

George Ashby

John Davidson

Plato Elpeck

Robert Kirkland

Charles Lascelles

William Mowat

Daniel Marshalleck

James Patterson

George B. Snaith

Rev. Charles F. Douet, B.A.

William Stone Richards

Rev. Daniel Pinnock

Clerk to the Municipal Board and Road Board: W. T. Jameson

____________________________

Churchwardens: George B. Snaith, David Ewart

Collector of Taxes: W. T. Jameson

Collector of Taxes St. David: R. A. Harding

Superintendent of the District Prison: Robert McPherson

Harbour Master and Acting Health Officer: George A. Hague

Coroner: Hon. Henry Drake

Deputy Coroner: W. C. Porter

Solicitor for the Parish: George S. Airey

 

Government Medical Officers:

Blue Mountain Valley: John S. Gerard

Bath: E. W. Major

Plantain Garden River and Manchioneal: A. C. Neyland

St. David's: Dr. T. Manners

 

Almoner, St. David: E. H. Bravo

Collector of Petty Debts Eastern District: Charles Sullivan

...Western District: W. Ogilvie

Poundkeepers:

at Morant Bay: Ann Gudge

at Bath: Mrs. E. Hall

at Dalvey: Ann Walton

at Blue Mountain Valley: William James Harris

at Port Morant: Sarah Lawson

in St. David:

at Easington: Joseph Alvarenga

at Wellington: James Mitchell

at Yallahs Bay: E. A. Stewart

 

Keeper of the Town Clock: Officer of the Customs

Crier of the Circuit Court: John McPherson


PORTLAND

Which includes St. George's and a portion of St. Thomas-in-the-East, from Manchioneal north.

Custos Rotulorum, etc: *Hon. William Hosack, Buff Bay P.O.

Magistrates:

Thomas C. Thompson

*George Solomon

John Pugh

John Hinshelwood

James Johnson

+Edward Bond

+Hon. Henry Westmorland

Horatio Guscot

S. Adam Mann

Duncan Campbell

James Johnson Jones

Archibald Thompson

Frederick John Flemming

Roger J. Swire

Thomas Hunter Lecky

Edward Skyers

+George Taylor Farquharson

+John Sinclair

Robert Edward Gegg

+Arthur Abrahams

John Andrew Pillon

Alexander Escoffery

Peter Burke

Augustus Aiken

+Hon. Robert Hamilton, M.D.

+David Judah Alberga

James Manahan

David Dias

Thomas Creed

+John Stona

Herbert Francis Orgill

William Lord Garrigues

Walter Grosvenor Ramsay

John Hosack

Henry Prendergast

+William Thomas Jamieson

George Ffrench

Henry Seymour Kennedy

Maur. Lloyd Jones

John Hashly Gavers

Thomas Witter Jackson

J. Wigham

Clerk of the Peace and Clerk to the Magistrates, Portland: W. W. Anderson

Clerk of the Peace and Clerk to the Magistrates, St. George: Beckford Davis

Municipal Board:

Hon. William Hosack (Chairman)

Thomas C. Thompson

John Hinchelwood

John P. Jones

Alexander Escoffery

Thomas Hunter Lechy

Archibald Thompson

Beckford Davis

James Welch

John Thomas Wigham

Road Board:

Hon. William Hosack

Rev. Charles F. Douet, B.A.

James Manahan

George W. Bragg

Nathaniel S. Henriques

Henry Cook

Beckford Davis

Duncan Campbell

Thomas C. Thompson

Sutton Scoltock

John Thomas Wigham

John Patterson

___________________________

District Judge: Hon. Thomas Drake

Clerk to the District Court: J. M. Facey

Bailiff to the District Court: Peter Alexander Moodie

Clerk to the Municipal Board and Road Board: George Ffrench

Churchwardens: Horatio Guscott, John H. Gavers

Collector of Taxes for Portland: George Ffrench

Coroner: Robert Edward Gegg, St. George

 

Government Medical Officers:

Port Antonio: W. C. Clarke

Buff Bay: W. B. Keech

Manchioneal: A. C. Neyland

 

Collector of Petty Debts for Portland: James H. Cummings

...for St. George: Thomas Engleton

Poundkeepers:

for Portland: R. Reid

For St. George, at Buff Bay: Mrs. Jane Guscott

at Hope Bay: Thomas H. Mann

at Balcarres: S. M. Hart

at Manchioneal: Amelia McBean

 

Crier of the Circuit Court: Charles O. Gale


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