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1839 JAMAICA ALMANAC

CIVIL LISTS

GOVERNMENT AND COUNCIL

Governor of the Island and its Dependencies: His Excellency Sir Lionel Smith

Secretary, Capt. Charles H. Darling, 57th Foot

Military Secretary, Capt. S. R. Warren, 65th Foot

Assistant Secretary, Special Justices' Department, Richard Hill, Esq.

HER MAJESTY'S COUNCIL

President, Hon. William Rowe

Chief Justice, Hon. Sir Joshua Rowe

Lord Bishop of Jamaica, Hon. and Right Rev. Christopher Lipscomb, D. D.

Attorney-General, Hon. Dowell O'Reilly

Hon. James Gayleard

Hon. John Salmon

Hon. William Dutton Turner

Hon. Duncan Robertson

Hon. Alexandre Bravo

Hon. Thomas J. Bernard

OFFICERS OF THE COUNCIL

Clerk, Walter George Stewart, esq.

Assistant Clerk, William George Nunes, esq

Librarian, William Ramsay, esq.

Usher of the Black Rod and Messenger, John Augustus Sullivan, esq.

Chaplain, Rev. Lewis Bowerbank, A. M.

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY

(Elected 17th December, 1838, 2 Victoria I.)

[All names followed by 'esquire,' except where indicated as 'Mr.']

Speaker,Hon. Richard Barrett, £1,600

ST. CATHERINE'S

William Thomas March, Jacob J.Sanguinetti, Marcus W. Stamp

KINGSTON

Hon. Hector Mitchel, Edward Jordon, Philip Lawrence

PORT-ROYAL

Hon. Samuel J. Dallas, James Taylor, Charles H. Darling

ST. JAMES'S

Hon. Richard Barrett, John Manderson

CLARENDON

William Collman, Edward Thompson

HANOVER

James Allwood, John Campbell

VERE

George H. Townshend, Henry L. Garrigues

TRELAWNY

Hon. William Frater, Samuel G. Barrett

MANCHESTER

Hon. Curtis Philip Berry, Christopher Good

ST. DAVID'S

Hugh Fraser Leslie, George Wright

ST ELIZABETH'S

Robert Watt, Charles M. Farquharson

ST. THOMAS IN THE EAST

Alexander Barclay, John Edward W. Panton

WESTMORELAND

Charles Lake, Hugh Anthony Whitelocke

ST MARY'S

Hon. Robert Fairweather, Fitzherbert Barry

PORTLAND

William W. Anderson, John S. Clachar

ST. JOHN'S

Benjamin Whittaker, Duncan Hamilton

ST. DOROTHY'S

Samuel B. Hylton, Francis McCook

ST. GEORGE'S

Hon. John R. Grosett, Edward Trueman Guy

ST. ANN'S

Hamilton Brown, Samuel B. Barnett

ST THOMAS' IN THE VALE

Hon. George William Hamilton, John Ewart

ST. ANDREW'S

Hon. Joseph Gordon, Robert Osborn

OFFICERS OF THE ASSEMBLY

Clerk, John Gale Vidal £1,000

Sergeant at Arms, William Kemble A3œ700

Chaplain, Rev. Thomas Alves £200

Librarian, Thomas Townshend £100

Messenger, Thomas Townshend £100

Door-keeper, Mr. William Holliday £50

CLERKS TO THE PUBLIC BOARDS

Clerk to Board of Public Accounts, Samuel Murphy, esq.

Clerk to Board of Forts and Fortifications, William George Nunes, esq.

Clerk to Commissioners of Correspondence, John Duff, esq.

Clerk to Board of Public Works, ---- Speed, esq.

LAW DEPARTMENT

[All names followed by esquire]

Court of Chancery

Chancellor, His Excellency the Governor

Registrar and Clerk of the Patents, Robert Cargill

Masters in Ordinary

Hon. James Gayleard, John William Spencer Griffith, *Herbert J. James, George James Marshall, Walter George Stewart, William Ramsay, John McGlashan

Masters Extraordinary

For St. Thomas in the East, John Drysdale, Robert Ferguson

Clarendon, James Brown

Manchester, James Rowe Williamson, John Harrison

St. Mary's, J. P. Bruce, Henry T. Rigg

St. Ann's, Robert Burford, Alexander T. Brown

Hanover, William Grant

County of Middlesex, William Rob, Alexander Geddes, Edward Thompson

County of Surrey, Samuel Pryce, Henry Forbes, Joseph Tyrrell, John Fraser, James Ward, Joseph Henderson Moore, Wellwood Hyslop, John Weppler, Hon. Thomas McCornock, Henry Hutchings, John Phillips, H. Powell, Frederick Doyen

County of Cornwall, George Henry Marrett, Hugh Munro, junior, Matthew Farquharson, William Dyer, John Robert Brown, Thomas Watson, J. C. Chambers

Court of Ordinary

Ordinary, His Excellency the Governor

Clerk, Walter George Stewart

Court of Appeals upon Errors

Clerk, Walter Geo. Stewart

Court of Vice-Admiralty

Judge and Commissary, Hon. Sir Joshua Rowe, knight

Registrar, William B. King

Deputy ditto, John Duff

Receiver-General and Comptroller of Droits of Admiralty, H. Hutchings

HIS AGENTS

At Port Antonio, Messrs. A. and J. Brymer

At St. Ann's Bay and Port-Maria, Henry Cox, junior

At Falmouth, Thomas Tenison

At Montego Bay, James Gordon

At Savanna-la-Mar, James W. Fraser

At Grand Caymanas, James Coe, sen.

Proctor, etc. A.W. Aikman

Marshal and Sergeant at Mace, Jno. W. Harris

Interpreter of French and Spanish Languages, Mr. Thomas T. Sherlock

Court of Admiralty Sessions

President, Hon. Sir Joshua Rowe

Assistant Judges, Commander in Chief of the Squadron on this Station; Members of her Majesty's Council; Chief Justice and Assistant Judges; Captains of the Royal Navy on this Station; Justices of A----- and Barristers at Law; Secretary Receiver-General, Collectors and Controllers of Customs of the island-all for the time being

Clerk of Arraigns, John Duff

Supreme Court of Judicature

Chief Justice, Hon. Sir Joshua Rowe

Assistant Judges, Honourables Rd. Barrett, Henry Waite Plummer, John Wilson, John Mais, Thos. James Bernard, Duncan Robertson, George McFarquhar Lawson, sen., George Longmore.

Attorney-General, Hon. Dowell O'Reilly

Clerk of the Court and Clerk of the Crown, Sir Molyneux Hyde Nepean, baronet

Solicitor for the Crown, Alexander Wells Aikman

Commissioners for taking Affidavits

MIDDLESEX

St. Catherine's Thomas Burrell Smith, Felix McCullough, Charles Gordon, Robert Norton, Cumberland R. Scott, Philip Redwood, Francis James Masse

St. Thomas in the Vale, Wm. Henry Parker

Clarendon, Francis Lowe, J. Lewis

Vere, Geo. P. Burrell, Jas. Brown, John M. Hume

Manchester, Jas. R. Williamson, George Harriott, John Harrison

St. Mary's, James F. Rigaud, Joseph Reay, Robert Alexander, Robert Grigor, John Matheson

St. Ann's Wm. Codner, J. Isaacs, D. J. Soares

SURREY

Kingston, John Fraser, Frederick Ward; Edw. Bartholomew Thomas, Henry Hutchings, John Phillips, John Weppler, Fred. Doyen, Daniel Jacobs, John Douglas, Matthew Mattos, Edwin Sainsbury

Port-Royal, Peter J. Ferron, Jno. Huxtable

St. Andrew's, John T. Harris, John W. Harris

St. Thomas in the East, Hon. T. McCornock, *Hon. M. Jones, George Codrington, George Harris, William Forsyth, Andrew Murray

St. David's, Jas, Anderson

Portland, John Gough, Peter A. de la Vergne, Alex. J. Bryzmer, Rich.W. Sherwood.

St. George's, James Maxwell, Robert G. Kirkland, Geo. Hall, William Hosack

CORNWALL

St. Elizabeth's, Honorable Duncan Robertson, Matthew Farquhars6n, W. A. Rose

Westmoreland, George Kirlew, J. Robert Brown, George Delisser,

R. Locke, Hon. T. McNeil

Hanover, Alexander Grant, John C. Chambers, John N. Dawes, John. Campbell

St. James, George Cragg, Thomas Watson

Trelawny-James Thompson, Charles T. Burridge, Wilkin Cooper, Thomas R. Vermont, James Hamilton, George L. Castle, James Stewart, esquires.

Courts of Assize

SURREY

Justices, John Mais, *James Matthew White, esqrs. Hon. Hector Mitchell, *Wm. B. King, *Anthomy Davis, Robt. Spalding, esqrs.

Deputy clerk, John.Duff, esq.

CORNWALL

Justices, Martin Williams, George McFarquhar Lawson, sen., George Longmore, esqrs; Hon. J. Salmon, Alexander Grant, esq.

Barristers

+Alexander Campbell, +W. Heath, Fitzberbert Batty, John Lunan, jun., John Edward Wilson Panton, Bryan Edwards, Boswell Middleton, Hon.Dowell O'Reilly, +Henry Moresby, W. C. McDougall, William Stevenson, Wm. Rhodes Bernard, Arthur Fitz John Foster, esqrs.,

Attornies at Law

G. H. Townshend, +Jos. Jackson, Thomas Ibbott, Edward Jackson, William S. Grignon, *Thos. F. Hill, +William Brooks King, Hon. S. J. Dallas, Saml. Murphy, +William Dawes Quarrell, +R. Williams, +William Andrews, +David Skaife, George Crawford Ricketts, John G. Vidal, Robert S. Barrow, John Archer, +Edward Trueman Guy, *James Whitehorne, William Page Clark, Samuel Barrett Hylton, John Nicol, George Barnett, James Dawson, Samuel Dare, +Edward Ramsay, *James Forsyth junior, William Shirreff Tongue, Charles Vansittart Campbell, Robert Davies, *Henry Lipscomb, John M. McNeil, Edward C. Mowat, James Harris, Charles Gordon, Andrew Graham Dignum, John Wallace Harris, John Duff, ThomasLand, Edward B. Thomas , John Robert Brown, Samuel Sharpe, Charles Dewdney, +W. Livingston, John Harris, Thomas Whiteside, +Gilbert Shaw, James Gray, * Donald Campbell, W. H. Parker, Robert Vidal, William Holder, John Fraser, *John Gray, Francis B.V. Broadbelt, George Harris, William Thomas March, James Minot, jun., James Allwood, +John Anderson Kennedy, +James Lunan, Alexander Wells Aikman, William Kemble, +S. Whitehorne, Thomas Geohegan, junior, William Gordon, James Hilton, Charles Harvey, William Girod, Edward C. Smith, William Richard Kemp, Henry Franklin, John Ford Maddock, Henry John Kemble, William W. Anderson, Walter FInlayson, Foster Henry March, +John William Reid, Haughton James, John Minot, James Coates, *J. Whittaker, T. Marston, Henry Smith, Benjamin Walker, T. B. Watts, James Smith, junior, W. J.Chambers, S. Sharpe, junior, Cumberland Reid Scott, esquires.

(Those marked thus + do not practice)

PATENT OFFICES

Patentees

Secretary of the Island and Public Notary, *Hon. Charles Greville

Receiver-General and Public Treasurer, John Edwards, esq.

Clerk of the Court and Clerk of the Crown, Sir Molineux Hyde Nepean, baronet.

Provost-Marshal-General, John Augustus Sullivan esq.

PUBLIC OFFICERS

Agent in Great-Britain, William Burge, esq. £1500

Auditor-General of the Revenue, Hon. John Wilson.

Secretary of the Island, and Notary Public, Walter George Stewart, esq.

His Deputy at Kingston, John Francis Badley, esq.

OTHER DEPUTIES, @ £70 EACH

Morant-Bay-George Taylor, esq.

Port-Antonio- Robert Mein, esq.

Annotto-Bay- E. Bond, esq.

Port-Maria- J. F. Rigaud, esq.

St. Ann's Bay- Robert Robinson, esq.

Falmouth-Thomas R. Vermont, esq.

Montego-Bay - Samuel Anderson, esq.

Lucea- Richard Chambers esq.

Savanna-la-Mar- J. A. Brown, esq.

Receiver-General and Public Treasurer, John Edwards, esq. £7,000.

His Deputy at Spanish-Town- A. C. Sinclair, esq. £150

OTHER DEPUTIES, @ £70 EACH

Morant-Bay- Robert Gordon, esq.

Port-Antonio- Robt. Mein esq.

Annotto-Bay- Edw. Bond, esq.

Port Maria- J. F. Rigaud, esq.

St. Ann's Bay- I. Lemon, esq.

Falmouth- T. R. Vermont, esq.

Montego Bay- T. Watson, esq.

Lucea- Richard Chambers, esq.

Savanna-la-Mar- Wm. Williams, esq.

Collector and Inspector in the Stamp Department- John Francis Badley, esq.

Provost-Marshal-General, John Augustus Sullivan, esq.

DEPUTY-MARSHALS

David D. H. Delamota, esq. for the parishes of Saint Catherine, St. John, St. Dorothy, and St. Thomas in the Vale.

Joseph L. Lewis, esq, for the parishes of Clarendon, Manchester and Vere.

Joseph Lindo, esq. for the parishes of St. Ann and St. Mary.

Alexander Joseph Lindo, esq. for Kingston, Port-Royal, St. Andrew's, St. Thomas' in the East, St. David's, Portland, and St. George's.

D. J. Soares esq. for St. James and Trelawny.

J. A. Brown, esq. for St. Elizabeth's, Westmoreland, and Hanover.

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Commissioners of Stamp Duties, W. F. Nunes, William Girod, esqs. £500 each.

Island Storekeeper, William Ramsay, esq. £300.

Acting Surveyor of Public Works and Island Engineer, Lieut. James H. St. John, Royal Artillery.

Crown Surveyor for Middlesex, Joseph Bryant esq.

Crown Surveyor for Cornwall, Philip Anglin Morris, esq.

Crown Surveyor for Surrey, E. McGeachy, esq.

Public Messenger, William George Nunes, esq.

Interpreter and Translator of Foreign Languages to the Courts of Equity and Justice, T. Sherlock.

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CUSTOMS' DEPARTMENT

(Custom-House - Corner of Duke and Harbour Streets, the upper part of the Buildings occupied by the Receiver-General.)

Officers of the Customs

KINGSTON

Collector, Isaac G. Swainson, esq.

First Clerk to ditto, Stuart Dallas, esq.

Second Clerk, John T. Anderson, esq.

Third Clerk, John Davis (acting), esq.

Controller, Alex. Stewart, esq.

Clerk to ditto, John Higgins, esq.

Landing and Tide- Surveyor, R. B. Berry, esq.

Landing Waiters and Searchers, W. G. Freeman, G. B. Elliot, Arthur Browne, F. H. Smyth, James Davis, Henry Davis (acting), J. Morce (acting), esqrs.

Warehouse Keeper, Peers Owen, esq.

Assistant ditto, Thos. Heron, esq.

Locker, T. O. Biggins, esq.

OLD-HARBOUR

Sub-Collector, Robert T. Clavering, esq.

MORANT-BAY

Collector, Robert Gordon, esq.

Waiter and Searcher, A. L. Palmes (acting), esq.

PORT-MORANT

Sub-Collector, Wm. Cliefe,esq.

PORT ANTONIO

Collector, F. J. Forbes, esq.

Controller, J. W. Jacobs, esq.

PORT-MARIA

Sub-Collector, Thomas Morle, esq.

Landing Waiter and Searcher and Tide Surveyor, Jas. F. Rigaud (acting) esq.

ANNOTTO-BAY

Sub-Collector, William M. Fox, esq.

Clerk to ditto, Sam. Partridge (acting), esq.

FALMOUTH

Sub- Collector, Nathan Ashby, esq.

Landing and Tide Surveyor, Aug. F. Robinson, esq.

Mailer and Searcher, J. M. Wheeler, esq.

Clerk to Sub-Collector, Wm. Gordon (acting), esq.

RIO BUENO

Sub-Collector, F. W. Mortlock, esq.

ST. ANN'S BAY

Sub-Collector, Jonathan Barnett, esq.

Clerk to ditto, Wm. Swanson, esq.

MONTEGO-BAY

Collector, John Roby, esq.

Clerk to ditto and Warehouse Keeper, ---- Milne, esq.

Landing Waiters and Searchers, R. L. Foster, S. Bourne, esqrs.

LUCEA

Sub-Collector, L. H. Evelyn, esq.

Clerk to ditto, T. E. Thomas, esq.

SAVANNA-LA-MAR

Sub-Collector, A. T. H. Howell, esq.

Landing Waiter and Searcher and Tide Surveyor, J. S. Buckingham, esq.

BLACK-RIVER

Sub-Collector, Wm. L. Boxer, esq.

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CONSULS-GENERAL IN THIS ISLAND

Of the United States

Robert Munroe Harrison, esq.

Vice-Consuls

Kingston- Wm. H. Harrison, esq.

Port-Morant- Alex. Barclay, esq.

Morant-Bay- Hugh Paterson, esq.

Port-Antonio- A. J. Drymer, esq.

Annotto-Bay- Edward Bond,esq.

Port-Maria- Henry Cox, Jun. esq.

Falmouth-Thomas Tenison, esq.

Montego-Bay- Sam. Anderson, esq.

Lucea- John Campbell, esq.

Savanna-la-Mar- J. A. Brown, esq.

Black-River- Robt. Brown, esq.

Grand Caymanas- N.V. B. Glover, esq.

Consulate-Orange and South streets, Kingston.

Of Her Most Christian Majesty the Queen of Spain

Don Antonio Broza

Vice-Consuls

Kingston- Charles Duquesnay, esq.

Montego Bay- Samuel Anderson, esq.

Falmouth- T. Tenison, esq.

Port-Antonio- Alexander J. Brymer, esq.

Lucea- John Campbell, esq.

Savanna-la-Mar, James S. Brown, esq.

Black River- Robt. Brown, esq.

Port-Maria- Chas. Stewart, esq.

Grand Caymanas- James Coe, sen. esq.

Consulate-Orange & South streets, Kingston.

SURVEYORS IN COMMISSION

Robert Baugh, *George Cunningham, James Dadley, James Robert Disney, Henry Haynes, Edward McGeachy, Philip A. Morris, Geo. C. Pottinger, M. Smith, Henry Stephens, R. Wilson, James Wools, P. A. Morris, jun. esqrs.

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STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATES

NAMES AND ADDRESSES

Abbott, Thomas, Savanna-la-Mar, Westmorland

Baines, Thomas, Yallahs, St. David's

Baynes, Edward D., Spanish-Town, St. Catherine's

Bell, W. A., Spanish-Town, St Catherine's

Bourne, Stephen, Kingston P.O.

Browne, Peter, Port-Antonio, Portland

Carnaby, William, Montego-Bay, St. James's

Chamberlaine, Richard, junior, Manchioneal, St. Thomas's in the East

Cocking, Ralph, Lucea, Hanover

Daly, Richard, Kingston, P.O.

Daughtrey, John, Lacovia, St. Elizabeth's

Dillon, John, Rio Bueno, Trelawny

Ewart, David, Morant-Bay, St. Thomas' in the East

Emery, Robert, Moneague, St. Ann's

Facey, Richard, Montego-Bay, St. James's

Finlayson, Walter, Montego-Bay, St. James's

Fishbourne, E. E., Buff-Bay, St. George's

Fyfe, Alexander G., Highgate, St. Mary's

Gordon, George, Savanna-la-Mar, Westmorland

Grant, J. W., Mandeville, Manchester

Gurley, John, Goshen, St. Elizabeth's

Hamilton, Cheney, Kingston, P.O.

Harris, James, Lucea, Hanover

Hewitt, William, Hope-Bay, St. George's

Hill, Richard, Spanish-Town, St. Catherine's

Jackson, Thomas W., Spanish-Town, St. Catherine's

Kelly, D. W., Falmouth, Trelawny

Kent, Henry, Kingston, P.O.

Lambert, R. S., Port-Antonio, Portland

Lyon, Edmund B., Falmouth, Trelawny

McLeod, Alexander N., Chapelton, Clarendon

Mahon, Bernard, Alley, Vere

Moresby, Henry, Kingston P.O.

Marlton, William Francis, Port-Maria, St. Mary's

O'Reilly, Philip, Alley, Vere

Pringle, H., Lime Savanna, Clarendon

Ramsay, William, Spanish-Town, St. Catherine's

Reynolds, John, St. Ann's Bay

Ricketts, S. R., Lacovia, St. Elizabeth's

Walsh, Henry, Salt-Gut, St. Mary's

Willis, George, Yallahs St. David's

Woolfrys, John, Ocho Rios, St. Ann's


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