John White (? – 22 August 1692, in St. Andrews), was acting

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in 1692. Previously president of the council, White was acting governor during the 1692 earthquake that destroyed

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. The historian

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wrote of him: John Bourden succeeded him for a brief time as Governor.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:White, John 1692 deaths Governors of Jamaica Jamaican people of English descent 17th-century Jamaican people