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1787 ALMANAC

MILITIA OF JAMAICA

Throughout the following Lists, those marked * are Members of the Council, and those marked with this mark @ are Members of Assembly.

GENERAL AND STAFF OFFICERS

Commander-in-Chief,

His Honor Alured Clarke, Esq., Lieut. Gov. &c. &c.

Major Generals

Honourable John Palmer *
Sir Charles Price, Baronet @
John Grizell
Hon. W. P. Browne *
Damiel Bernard
Donald Campbell @
Hon. Simon Taylor, Esquires

Staff

Quartermaster General, George Murray Esq. @

Deputies

W. Boddington
Andrew Cathcart
Algernoon Warren
David Finalyson, Esquires

Commissary for Westmoreland, Lieut. Col. Benjamin Williams Blake
Superintendent of Pioneers and Working Parties, Col. John Henderson
Mustermaster-General, Theodore Foulkes Esq.
Deputy, Mr. Samuel Felsted
Physicians General, Doctors Patrick Murray, Archibald Sympson @, and William Wright M.D., F.R.S.
Physician General for Cornwall, Hugh James, M.D.
Surgeon General, James Naysmith, Esq.
Surgeon General for the County of Cornwall, Charles Farquharson, Esq.
Apothecary General, Thomas Clarke M.D.
Apothecary General for Cornwall, Dr. Robert Watson
Judge Advocate General, Hinton East, Esq.@


MILITIA OF HORSE

EASTERN DIVISION

FIELD OFFICERS

Colonel, Major-General, Hon. Simon Taylor @
2d Lieut. Col., John Codrington
1st Major, William Vick
2d Major, Rob. McDermeit

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KINGSTON - 1st TROOP

Captain, George Munro
Capt. Lieut. Leonard Wray
First Lieut., George Parker
Second Lieut., David Br. East
Cornet, John Westmoreland

KINGSTON SECOND TROOP

Captain, Thomas Cushnie
First Lieutenant, Richard Lake
Second Lieut, James Clarke
Cornet, George Pinnock Dunston
Quartermaster, John Scollay

KINGSTON THIRD TROOP

Captain, Thomas Bagnold
1st Lieut., T. Baines
Cornet, Richard Latimer
2d Lieut., Richard Latimer
Quartermaster, John Dawson

ST. ANDREW'S FIRST TROOP

Captain, Duncan MacLachlan
Cornet, Caleb Mumford
Quartermaster, Hungerford Spooner

ST. ANDREW'S SECOND TROOP

Captain, James Cockburn

ST. DAVID'S TROOP

Captain, William Paterson
1st Lieut., John Stanton
Second Lieut., James Stanton
Cornet, William Ledwick

BLUE MOUNTAIN TROOP

Captain, Archibald Edgar
Second Lieut., Duncan Stewart
Cornet, J. H. Taylor

PORT MORANT TROOP

Captain, Ambrose Carter
1st Lieut., Campbell Douglass
Second Lieut., Hary Robertson
Cornet, Anthony Maddan
Quartermaster, J. Jamieson

MANCHIONEAL TROOP

Captain, Thomas Cargill
1st Lieut., William Currie
2d Lieut., Marshal Barclay
Cornet, Thomas Nieufville
Quartermaster, John McPherson

PORTLAND TROOP

Captain, Edward M. Papay
1st Lieut., William Grant
2d Lieut., Samuel Orr

STAFF

Adjutant, William Waters Chaplain, Rev. Mid. Howard


MIDLAND DIVISION

FIELD OFFICERS

2d Colonel, Arthur McKenzie
Lieut. Colonel, Henry Parker
Major, Hon. Richard Batty @

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ST. CATHERINE'S TROOP

Captain, Thomas Millward
1st Lieut., James Jones
2d Lieut., Henry Kelsall
Cornet, Charles Grant
Quartermaster, Thomas Cullum

ST. ANN'S TROOP

Captain, James Rose
1st Lieut., Aeneas Grant
2d Lieut., Henry W. Tucker
Cornet, Henry McCook
Quartermaster, Cosmo Gordon

ST. MARY'S TROOP

Captain, William Hewitson
1st Lieut., John Sharpe
2d Lieut., Stephen Vidal
1st Cornet, Richard Lloyd
2d Cornet, James Tucker

ST. THOMAS IN THE VALE TROOP

Captain, George Brammer
First Lieut., William Lord
2d Lieut., John F. Brown
Third Lieut., James Halbert
First Cornet, Charles Balfour
Second Cornet, Alexander Longmore
Quartermaster, John Spight

ST. JOHN'S TROOP

Captain, Robert Dillon
1st Lieut., James Douglas
Cornet, Kenneth Morrison
Quartermaster, Charles Taws

ST. DOROTHY'S TROOP

Captain, George Lester Brown
1st Lieut., Alexander Grant
2d Lieut., Alexander Maxwell
Cornet, John Thomas Mytin
Quartermaster, John Batterby

CLARENDON TROOP

Captain, Edm. Fearon Bourke
1st Lieut., Arch. Campbell
2d Lieut., John Reid
Cornet, Robert Rose

VERE TROOP

Captain, John Ashley
1st Lieut., Thomas John Parker
2d Lieut., John Gall Booth
Cornet, Robert Allen
Quartermaster, Francis Farquhar

STAFF

Surgeon, Alexander Lowe
Adjutant, John O'Mealy


WESTERN DIVISION

FIELD OFFICERS

Colonel in Chief, Major General Honourable John Palmer *

Colonel Commandant, William Anglin

2d Lieut. Col., Thomas Bucknor

1st Major, Robert Scarlett
2d Major, Donald Malcolm
3d Major, Samuel Morris

TRELAWNY WINDWARD TROOP

Captain, William Cross
First Lieut., William Wilton
Second Lieut., John Lindsay Watt
First Cornet, Philip Doharty
Second Cornet, Robert Minto
Adjutant Quartermaster, Colin Campbell
Second Adjutant Quartermaster, Patrick Smith

TRELAWNY MIDLAND TROOP

Captain, Neil Campbell
First Lieut., John Campbell
Second Lieut., Charles Schaw
First Cornet, James Mulloy
Second Cornet, David Lyon
Quartermasters, Alexander Hawthorn, Robert Cameron
Adjutant, James Morgan

TRELAWNY LEEWARD TROOP

Captain, John Fowler
First Lieut., James Scarlett
First Cornet, Francis Jennings
Second Cornet, A. Morrison
Quartermasters, James McGhie, Henry Hough
Adjutant, James Virgo Dunn

ST. JAMES'S TROOP

1st Lieut., John Cleland
2d Lieut., George Dunbar
First Cornet, John Scarlett
Second Cornet, James McCarty
Quartermasters, Patrick Gray, John Gayner junior

HANOVER LEEWARD TROOP

1st Captain, Sam. Cunningham
2d Captain, Isaac W. Cresse
Lieutenant, James Grant
Cornets, Thomas Oliver, Dugald Campbell
Adjutant, James Fleming

HANOVER WINDWARD TROOP

Captain, John Parnther
Lieutenants, John Brissett, B. Tennison
Cornets, John McLellan, John Hill, William Sinclair
Quartermasters, James Hudson, C. B. Whitehead
Adjutant, John Wills Smith

WESTMORELAND TROOP

Captain, Harry Young
1st Lieut., Samuel Delap
2nd. Lieut., Anthony Morris
Coronets, Samuel Jeffries, Thomas Porter
Quartermaster, James Sladen
Adjutant, Samuel Jeffries

ST. ELIZABETH'S TROOP

Captain, Charles Rowe
First Lieutenant, Thomas Smith
Second Lieut., Robert Brown
Cornets, John Robb, Matthew Smith junior
Quartermaster, Edward Francis Cooke

STAFF

Surgeon, Doctor Francis Ballingall


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