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1817 JAMAICA ALMANAC

ARMY

COMMANDER OF THE FORCES IN THIS ISLAND AND ITS DEPENDENCIES

His Excellency Major General Henry Conran

Military Secretary, Major Henry Boone Hall, Captain 101st Foot
Aides-de-Camp, Major John Lee, 1st or Royal Scots, Captain ---- Edwards, 13th Light Dragoons
Commanding Officer of Artillery, Colonel John Frederick Smith
Major of Brigade at the Bahama Islands, Captain William Girod, 101st Foot
His Majesty's Superintendent at Honduras, Lt. Col. George Arthur, 5th West India Regiment
Deputy Adjutant-General and acting Deputy Adjutant-General, Major William Fraser, half-pay
Deputy Quartermaster-General, Colonel Aleyne Hampden Pye, half-pay
Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, Captain Charles Vallancey, 5th West India Regiment
Deputy Judge-Advocate, Winkworth Tonge, Esq.
Deputy Commissary-General, Richard Edwards, Esq.
Deputy Assistant Commissary-General, Augustus Facey Robinson, Esq.
Deputy Assistant Commissary-General at New Providence, William Wetherman, Esq.
Former Deputy Assistant Commissary-General at Honduras, formerly Alexander Macrae, Esq., now deceased.
Deputy Inspector of Hospitals, James Buchan, Esq.
Physician to the Forces,*Edward Nathaniel Bancroft, M. D.
Surgeons to the Forces,*Jacob Adolphus, William Storey (at New Providence), John Faries (acting), Esqrs.
Apothecary to the Forces, and Keeper of Purveyor's Stores, William Robert Burrows, Esq.
Hospital Assistants, John Thornton (at Honduras), Charles Whyte, Esqrs.
Contractors for supplying the Troops on the Island Establishment with Provisions, Flower, and Rum, Messrs. Adams, Robertson, & Co.


REGIMENTS, ETC.

(Explanations.  -- The Army Rank of Captains and Subalterns is a next to their names, and their seniority in the Battalion or Regiment is pointed out by the order in which they are placed.

The Letter s. distinguishes Officers on the staff; c. Colonel, lc. Lt. Colonel, and m. Major in the Army.
*absent on service, etc.)

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FIFTY-EIGHTH (OR RUTLANDSHIRE)

Colonel, General Richard Earl of Cavan, KC. July 1, 1811
Lieutenant Colonel, David Walker, c. November 16, 1809
Majors, F. B. Campbell, lc.  March 29, 1810; F. Ashworth, November 22, 1810

CAPTAINS

F. Tompkins, m.
James Price, m.
W. O'Brien, m.
S. Holberg, m.
Charles Baldwin, m.
Ba_n. Stone, m.
J. Gomersall, m.
L. J. Westropp, 5 March 1807
P. Dudgeon, 19 March 1807
H. Ferguson, 4 February 1808

LIEUTENANTS

Thomas Rogers, 16 January 1806
John Shee, 3 July 1806
W. Lewis, 26 October 1806
Patrick Shea, 28 October 1806
L. Fitzgerald, 29 October 1806
D. Morrison, 20 March 1807
John Fowle, 2 April 1807
Nathaniel Tipson, Adj. 27 October 1807
William Bale, two and eight October 1807
M. Morton, 28 April 1808
Abraham Briggs , 29 December 1808
William Sadlier, 4 May 1809
John Rolfe, 2 November 1809
William Fitz Gerald, 10 November 1809
Robert Ball, 14 November 1809
Richard Waite, 15 November 1809
G. Collins, 16 November 1809
Henry Alcock, 22 February 1810
Matthew Powell, 5 April 1810
Cyrus Broheir?, 5 July 1810
Richard Burton, 5 November 1812
C. H. Stoughton, 24 December 1812
C. A. McDonald, 3 October 1816

ENSIGNS

J. W. Young, 3 September 1812
----- Campbell, 25 November 1812
John Sage, 10 December 1812
F. J. Ranie, 31 December 1812
T. R. Davis, 26 August 1813
W. A. Stewart, 29 August 1815
Edward O'Brien, 2 May 1816
B. Trollope, 3 October 1816

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Paymaster, H. L. Albert, 5 February 1798
Quartermaster, J. Armstrong, 25 April 1805
Surgeon, William Daunt, 12 May 1814
Assistant Surgeon, C. St. John, 3 September 1812
Assistant Surgeon, R. Starke, 21 January 1813
Agents, Greenwood Cox & Co.
Irish Agents, Cape & Co.


SIXTIETH (OR ROYAL AMERICAN), SIXTH BATTALION

Colonel,*General Napier Christie Burton, January 3, 1806
Lieut. Colonel, James Stopford, March 9, 1815

Majors,*Anthony Rumpler, August 16, 1810 -- (Army Rank, July 25, 1810) -- John William Aldred, May 26, 1814 -- (Army Rank, January 1812)

CAPTAINS

Charles de Vigny, m.
Adam Krien, 23 May 1815
Henry Rennalls, m.
Paul A. Stampa, 10 October 1809
*Roche Meade, 17 February 1814
John P. Correvont, 27 July 1814
*Thomas Maling, 11 July 1815
Richard Crompton
*J. B. Bown, 25 August 1813

LIEUTENANTS

*R. S. Redman, 25 February 1808
Andrew Ellison, 12 October 1809
R. B. Heslop, 29 October 1809
*Richard B. F. Passley, 6 November 1809
William Goldsmith, 11 June 1810
S. Price, 10 October 1810
Richard Saunders, 25 October 1810
James Lawless, 21 January 1813
*William Battley, 7 February 1813
T. Acton, 5 November 1813
*S. Tresidder, 6 November 1813
E. Jones, 2 December 1813
P. Nugent, 3 March 1814
J. Gatty, 26 October 1812
J. M. Causland, 9 September 1813
H. M. Randall, 8 March 1815
J. T. Hislop, 15 June 1815
J. H. Haggart, 15 October 1815

ENSIGNS

G. Campbell, 9 November 1813
G. Prittie, 3 December 1813
A. Paterson, 4 December 1813
W. H. Collings, 3 March 1814
* J. Imlach, 22 June 1815
F. Moore, 19 October 1815
* P. Gordon, 13 June 1816

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Quartermaster, George Waldt, 20 January 1814
Surgeon, John Faries, 21 December 1800
Assistant Surgeon, A. Spalding, 6 October 1814
Assistant Surgeon, J. Thompson, 24 August 1815
Agents, Greenwood, Cox, & Co.


SIXTY-FIRST (OR SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE)

Colonel, General Sir G. Hewett, Baronet, April 4, 1800
Lieutenant Colonel, W. C. Royall, July 23, 1812
Majors, John Owen, August 14, 1812 -- John Horton, November 1816

CAPTAINS

W. Greene, m.
M. Annesley, 24 December 1807
D. Goodsman, 28 November 1808
S. Charleton, 22 June 1809
James Macrill, 15 August 1809
J. Hamilton, 16 August 1809
J. Chancellor, 14 September 1809
Richard Giles, 28 December 1809
D. Macdougall, 13 June 1811
H. Simmonds, 31 March 1813
John Renny, 21 January 1813

LIEUTENANTS

Samuel Falkiner, 11 June 1807
Norb. Furnace, 16 March 1808
Thomas Gloster, 17 March 1808
R. Armstrong, 20 April 1809
John Wolfe, 22 June 1809
R. M. Irwin, 1 March 1810
Edward Gayner, 13 June 1811
W. Bace, 2 October 1811
Alexander McLeod, 12 December 1811
Archer Toole, 30 January 1812
T. Williams, 23 July 1812
James Harris, 26 July 1812
T. H. Meade, 27 July 1812
Andrew Connell, 29 September 1813
J. M. Ellison, 19 January 1814
James Gammell, 25 February 1815
James Atkins, 13 July 1815
C. H. Bigger, 14 July 1815
K. T. Ross, 8 October 1812
William Sayers, 15 July 1813
G. F. Pascal, 19 October 1812
J. B. Broheir, 3 June 1809
E. Fugion?, Adj, 25 July 1811
W. Sutherland, 26 May 1814
Spry Bartlett, 4 October 1816

ENSIGNS

Edward Waldron, 26 November 1812
G. Ackland, 18 November 1813
R. N. Verner, 9 December 1813
William Briggs, 13 January 1814
E. Mac Donnell, 20 January 1814
F. P. Grieve, 17 June 1813
George Parke, 3 March 1814
George Connor, 4 October 1816

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Paymaster, William Moss, 3 March 1804
Quartermaster, William Hall, 14 June 1810
Surgeon, Christ. Gill, 23 June 1808
Assistant Surgeon, S. Burd, M. D., 21 December 1809
Assistant Surgeon, J. Magrath, 9 November 1815


YORK CHASSEURS

Colonel, Major General Sir Dennis Pack, K.C.B., January 8, 1816
Lieutenant Colonels, John Ewart, September 15, 1814 -- G. F. W. Fluker, September 7, 1815
Majors, Joseph Patterson, September 29, 1814 -- P. Damas, June 22, 1815

CAPTAINS

H. Daniel, 7 November 1813
Joseph Anderson, 20 January 1814
J. Parker, 31 March 1814
J. Stewart, 2 March 1815
J. Montgomery, 16 June 1808
William Dallas, 15 March 1815
J. A. Ingram, 3 October 1814
H. Mackay, 5 July 1815
Edward B. Stehelin, 6 July 1815
Charles Fisher, 22 June 1815

LIEUTENANTS

William Hay, 7 November 1813
Joseph Stainton, 8 November 1813
J. Richards, 10 November 1813
W. Rothwell, 25 November 1813
Simon Farrar, 26 November 1813
B. Warton, 9 December 1813
C. R. Delamain, 16 June 1814
A. L. Gray, 10 November 1814
Charles Le Court, 19 May 1814
John Hodges, 14 March 1850
James Macbean, 15 March 1815
Francis McMorran, 16 March 1815
B. Gayner, 20 April 1815
W. Bell, 2 May 1815
W. L. Carey, 3 May 1815
J. R. Disney, 20 July 1815
James Mackay, 14 September 1815
Joseph Jones, 29 February 1816
Robert Maxwell

ENSIGNS

W. J. W. Jones, 14 March 1815
Robert Maxwell, 15 March 1815
John Tennant, Adj., 23 March 1815
George Mainwaring, 3 May 1815
W. H. Souper, 4 May 1815
Daniel McCarthy, 20 July 1815
G. Hessop, 3 August 1815
George Laye, 14 July 1814
Walter L. Ashe, 7 February 1816
R. A. Sparkes, 8 February 1816
C. B. Brisbane, 21 March 1816
E. Sutherland
C. Dormer

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Paymaster, J. MacIntyre, 2 May 1816
Quartermaster, J. Lowry, 2 December 1813
Surgeon, J. Lewis, 28 March 1816
Assistant Surgeon, George Brien, 22 September 1816
Assistant Surgeon, T. Young
Agent, Mr. Kirkland


SECOND WEST-INDIA REGIMENT

(Five Companies in Jamaica, and five Companies at Honduras)

Colonel, General Sir George Beckwith, G.C.B., August 31, 1809
Lieutenant-Colonel, Edward Fleming, July 18, 1816
Majors, Thomas Bradley, June 29, 1815 -- Redmond H. De Montmorency, lc. November 1816

CAPTAINS

George Evans, lc. s.
William Major, 12 October 1807
T. D. Lord, 1 January 1808
Alexander Macpherson, 18 June 1808
Joseph Walton, 16 November 1809
John Schoedde, 22 November 1810
Abraham Shaw, 13 May 1813
Joseph Eysing, 30 December 1813
William James Hance, 29 June 1815
C. Delahoussy, 3 October 1816

LIEUTENANTS

Henry Barry, 5 April 1810
John Anderson, 24 January 1811
Henry J. Ricketts, 21 March 1811
Henry Nosworthy, 12 November 1812
Thomas McPherson, 19 May 1813
Charles H. Hailes, 20 May 1813
------ Gough, 12 August 1813
Julius William Hield, 3 February 1814
Robert Clarke, 18 January 1815
Edward P. Webb, 9 March 1815
Alexander Findlay, 1 February 1816
James Crowe, 13 June 1816
John McPherson, 23 April 1812
William Dunlop, 24 June 1816
J. H. Maclean, 26 June 1816
Francis Shilling, 28 June 1816
A. G. Laing, 28 December 1815
Mathew Day , 2 October 1816
Richard Lowry, 3 October 1816

ENSIGNS

James Gilchrist, 1 September 1814
William Colls, 1 February 1816
C. Jones Dunn, 4 February 1813
John Foskey, Adj., 22 July 1813
Unw. Chaffers, 13 April 1814
John Robinson, 25 June 1816
Edward Wells, 26 June 1816
G. Redman, 27 June 1816
William Power, 2 October 1816
John Macbeath, 3 October 1816

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Quartermaster, J. McKenzie, 14 April 1814
Surgeon, Thomas Murray, 14 February 1814
Assistant Surgeon, John Miller, 8 February 1816
Assistant Surgeon, M. Fogarty, 11 March 1813
Agent, Mr. Graves


FIFTH WEST-INDIA REGIMENT

(Stationed at New Providence)

Colonel, General John Despard, December 29, 1809
Lieut.-Colonels, Joseph Twigg, May 30, 1816 -- George A.-----, August 29, 1816
Majors, B. Harding, January 18, 1816 -- C. Reynolds

CAPTAINS

Charles Vallancey, 21 February 1810
David Gordon, 10 December 1810
Joseph Roche, 16 May 1811
R. McDonald, 9 July 1812
Daniel Roberts, m.
P. G. Lewis, 29 October 1812
Delacy Evans, lc.
James Forrest, 5 March 1812
Thomas Fitzgerald, 7 March 1816
D. A. Gilland, 11 January 1805

LIEUTENANTS

Henry Bersma
James Grant
Thomas Miller
William Leslie
Alexander Geddes
Edward Codd
John Nelson
John Campbell
Robert Hughes
William Clune
Henry Senior
John Gay, 1811?
A. Russwurm, 1811?
John Hylton, 1811?
James Usher, 29 March 1811?
H. G. Mackay, 31 March 1811?
David Dawes, 7 October 1812
John Caldwell, 4 April 1816
Kean O'Hara, 11 April 1816
George Foskey, Adj., 21 July 1813
Daniel O'Meara, 23 May 1814

ENSIGNS

Henry Irving, 1 February 1814
W. E. Godfrey, 2 February 1814
Hugh McLean, 3 February 1814
Joseph Haymard, 20 September 1814
Richard Stephens, 1815
C. Williams, 14 September 1815
H. W. Graham, 11 April 1816
William Tomlinson, 13 June 1816
Thomas H. Doyle, 25 July 1816
J. Greenwood, 14 April 1814

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Quartermaster , Robert Bell, 25 September 1812
Surgeon, Thomas Conolly, 22 June 1813
Assistant Surgeon, Tully Daly, 6 October 1814
Assistant Surgeon, Thomas Rhys, 25 May 1815
Agents, Greenwood, Cox, & Co.


EUROPEAN GARRISON COMPANIES
FORMED FOR SERVICE IN THE WEST-INDIES

FIRST COMPANY

__ J. Blair, 21 January 1813
[ 2 names torn]

SECOND COMPANY

Captain John Smith, 25 November 1804
Lieut. Sylvester Connor, 15 December 1808

THIRD COMPANY

Captain Benedict Simon, 30 December 1797
Lieut. Frederick Passow, 15 December 1808
Ensign, William Young, 12 August 1813

Agents, Brooksbank & Co.


DETACHMENT OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY

Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding, John Frederick Smith, c. June 4, 1813

CAPTAINS

John M. Close, m.
____court Holcombe, C.B., lc.
*James T. Cowper, m.
*William D. Nicholls, 1 June 1806
M. R. Moore, 1 December 1812
*Henry Curtis, 25 January 1813
James A. Chalmers, 20 December 1814
Charles Wilson, 1814

LIEUTENANTS

*William Munroe, 1 June 1806
Browne? Willis (at Honduras), 1 February 1808
*Reynolds Palmer, 1 October 1808
T. R. Cookson, 23 March 1809
George T. Rowland, 10 September 1809
Robert L. Garstin, 20 December 1814
R. B. Blackiston, 1814
R. G. Wilson, 20 June 1815
James Lys, 3 July 1815

SECOND LIEUTENANT

T. Debrisay,
Acting Adjutant, R. G. Wilson
Acting Quartermaster, Lieut. Cookson

Paymaster and Ordnance Storekeeper, Nicholas Lechmere
Clerk of the Checque, Frederick Matthews
Assistant Surgeon to the Ordnance, John Miller, M.D., 7 March 1807
Assistant Surgeon, Aeneas Cannon, 23 July 1811
Assistant Surgeon, William Crosbie
Clerk of the Ordinance, A. Henderson


OFFICERS AND QUARTER-GUNNERS  OF FORT CHARLES

(Quarter-Governors were attached by an Act of Assembly in 1728)

Governor, Lt. General Charles William George Stewart, G.C.B., 1810
Deputy Governor and Captain, Colonel John F. Smith, 1803
Lieutenant Captain Harcourt Holcombe, C. B. lc. 1 January 1817
Master-Gunner, Sergeant James Duff, 1 January 1807

QUARTER-GUNNERS

Thomas McWhinney, 25 February 1793
Henry Prawl, 15 June 1798
John Owen Wood, 3 December 1799
Thomas Johnson, 20 February 1805
James Mackowen, 11 September 1805
George Fishley, 1 March 1808
Daniel Clarke, February 1808
J. Feurtado, 30 June 1810
M. P. Dacosta, 6 November 1810
James Tyrrell, 14 January 1813
*James D. Camp, 11 December 1813
David Bassan, 16 November 1815


ROYAL ENGINEERS

Captain, John Harper, 26 January 1812
Captain, Peter Wright (at New Providence)


CAPTAINS OF FORTS

Under the Militia Establishment

CAPTAINS, FORTS, DATES OF COMMISSION

Nicholas Doman, Fort Balcarres, 28 December 1816
Alexander Campbell, Fort Charlotte, 4 January 1817
John Forsyth, Fort Haldane, 4 January 1817
Augustus Hamilton, Fort George, 18 January 1817

Barrackmaster at Maroon Town, Fort Dundas, Falmouth, Montego Bay, and Lucea, Captain Samuel Gray, January 4, 1817


NAVY

COMMANDER IN CHIEF ON THIS STATION

John Erskine Douglas, Esq., Rear-Admiral of the Blue
Secretary, John Charles Weir, Esq.
Agents to the Commander in Chief and Contractors for Victualling  the Squadron with fresh beef and vegetables, Messrs. Adams, Robertson, & Co.
Contractor for ditto with sea provisions,*Alexander Grant Esquire

VESSELS

Salisbury, John Mackellar, 50
Active, Philip Carteret, C.B., 38
La Pique, James H. Tait, 38
Esk, G. G. Pennock, 20
Rideman (bg.), Houston Stewart, 18
Shark (receiving ship), Lt. Charles N. Hunter

NAVAL YARD

Commissioner, Daniel Woodriffe
C___, Mr. Anthony Duart
Acting Storekeeper, Peter M. M___nan, Esq.
Chief Clerk, Mr. John Cooper
Second Clerk, Mr. John Harvey
Ext____ Ditto, Mr. John McKower_
Master Attendant, Francis Owen, Esq.
Acting Master Shipwright, Mr. John Tait
Foreman to ditto, Elias Andrews
Clerk, Mr. George Fishley
Boatswain, Andrew Marshall
Store Porter, G. M. Dyne
Gate Porter, Gubert Gryeiz

NAVAL HOSPITAL

Surgeon, John McNamarra, M.D.
Ag___, John Charles Weir, Esq.
Acting Dispenser, Mr. Isaac Alvarenga
Hospital Mate, Mr. John Liddell
Porter, John Barber
Matron, Mrs. Elizabeth Langdon

The building occupied by the Royal Navy as an Hospital, belongs to Fort Charles, and is called the New Laboratory.


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