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Lyssons
Lyssons is a largely residential community located in the parish of St. Thomas, Jamaica. It lies east of the capital, Morant Bay, and neighbors the communities of Retreat, Prospect and Leith Hall. Brief history Lyssons is named after Nicholas Lycence, who was the member for St. Thomas in the East in the Jamaican Assembly from 1671 to 1672. The Lyssons Estate was a sugar plantation located in Lyssons which was owned by Simon Taylor, who was once the wealthiest sugar planter in the Colony of Jamaica and one of the wealthiest men in the British Empire in the eighteenth century. Simon Taylor was considered one of the most influential men in the parish and was member of the House of Assembly for St. Thomas in the East from 1784 until 1810. He was the brother of Sir John Taylor, who was the 1st Baronet of Lyssons Hall. Current day The Princess Margaret Hospital is located on the A4 coast road between Morant Bay and Lyssons. It was officially opened and named by Her Royal Highne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyssons Primary School
Lyssons is a largely residential community located in the parish of St. Thomas, Jamaica. It lies east of the capital, Morant Bay, and neighbors the communities of Retreat, Prospect and Leith Hall. Brief history Lyssons is named after Nicholas Lycence, who was the member for St. Thomas in the East in the Jamaican Assembly from 1671 to 1672. The Lyssons Estate was a sugar plantation located in Lyssons which was owned by Simon Taylor, who was once the wealthiest sugar planter in the Colony of Jamaica and one of the wealthiest men in the British Empire in the eighteenth century. Simon Taylor was considered one of the most influential men in the parish and was member of the House of Assembly for St. Thomas in the East from 1784 until 1810. He was the brother of Sir John Taylor, who was the 1st Baronet of Lyssons Hall. Current day The Princess Margaret Hospital is located on the A4 coast road between Morant Bay and Lyssons. It was officially opened and named by Her Royal H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica
Saint Thomas, once known as ''Saint Thomas in the East'', is a suburban parish situated at the south eastern end of Jamaica, within the county of Surrey. It is the birthplace of the Right Honourable Paul Bogle, designated in 1969 as one of Jamaica's seven National Heroes. Morant Bay, its chief town and capital, is the site of the Morant Bay Rebellion in 1865, of which Bogle was a leader. Representative George William Gordon, a wealthy mixed race businessman and politician from this district, was tried and executed in 1865 under martial law on suspicion of directing the rebellion. Governor Eyre was forced to resign due to the controversy over his execution of Gordon and violent suppression of the rebellion. Gordon was designated in 1969 as a National Hero. Brief history Saint Thomas was densely populated by the Taíno/Arawak when Christopher Columbus first came to the island in 1494. The Spaniards established cattle ranches at Morant Bay and Yallahs. In 1655, when the English c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Taylor (sugar Planter)
Simon Taylor (23 December 1739 – 14 April 1813) was a sugar planter and slave owner in the British Colony of Jamaica. Taylor was the wealthiest planter on the island, according to its governor, and died leaving an estate estimated at over £1 million, . Early life and background Simon Taylor was born in Jamaica in 1739, the first-born son of Patrick Tailzour who migrated to Jamaica from Forfarshire in Scotland, and anglicised his surname to Taylor. Patrick married Martha, the daughter of a successful white Jamaican sugar merchant, George Hanbury Taylor and Mary of Caymanas, Jamaica. Patrick took over the business of his father-in-law, and prospered as a sugar merchant in Kingston, the capital. In January 1740, one month after Simon's birth, he was baptised in an Anglican church. When he was 12 years old, he was sent to England for his education. Whilst attending Eton College, one of the most prestigious boys' schools, his father Patrick died (1754). At 20 years old, Simon Tayl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Taylor, 1st Baronet
Sir John Taylor, 1st Baronet FRS (1745 – 8 May 1786) was a Jamaican-born planter who was a fellow of the Royal Society and was created a baronet of Lysson Hall in Jamaica. He lived in London but he died in Jamaica. Background Taylor was born in the Colony of Jamaica in 1745 to Patrick Talizour and Martha Taylor, the daughter of George Taylor of Caymanas, Jamaica. His Scottish father had been born with the surname ''Tailzour'' in Borrowfield, but he Anglicised his name to Taylor when they married.Taylor family of Jamaica (1770–1835) , Casbah.ac.uk, retrieved 23 October 2014 Relationship with his brother John's eldest brother, Simon Taylor, used their fathe ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leith Hall, Jamaica
Leith (; gd, Lìte) is a port area in the north of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded at the mouth of the Water of Leith. In 2021, it was ranked by ''Time Out'' as one of the top five neighbourhoods to live in the world. The earliest surviving historical references are in the royal charter authorising the construction of Holyrood Abbey in 1128 in which it is termed ''Inverlet'' (Inverleith). After centuries of control by Edinburgh, Leith was made a separate burgh in 1833 only to be merged into Edinburgh in 1920. Leith is located on the southern coast of the Firth of Forth and lies within the City of Edinburgh Council area; since 2007 it has formed one of 17 multi-member wards of the city. History As the major port serving Edinburgh, Leith has seen many significant events in Scottish history. First settlement The earliest evidence of settlement in Leith comes from several archaeological digs undertaken in The Shore area in the late 20th century. Amongst the find ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
