On 15 March 1801, royal assent was given for establishing the city and parish of
Kingston
Kingston may refer to:
Places
* List of places called Kingston, including the five most populated:
** Kingston, Jamaica
** Kingston upon Hull, England
** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia
** Kingston, Ontario, Canada
** Kingston upon Thames, ...
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Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...
as a corporation, with a mayor, aldermen, and council (Geo. III c. 29 p. 144). The first election took place November 15, 1802. Below is a list of mayors of Kingston since 1802:
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John Jaques (1802–1809)
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George Kinghorne (1809–1823)
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Joseph Barnes (1823–1829)
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Thomas Yates (1829–1833)
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Hector Mitchell (1833–1853)
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Philip Lawrence (1853–1854)
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Edward Jordon
Edward Jordon (1800-1869), or Edward Jordan, was a leading campaigner for equal rights for free people of color in Jamaica during the nineteenth century.
Background
Edward was born in the Colony of Jamaica on 6 December 1800, the son of a white ...
(1854–1868)
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Lewis Bowerbank (1868–1870)
* John S. Brown (1871–1872), Custos
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Henry J. Kemble (1873–1885), Custos
* James Scott (1885–1886)
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Wellesley Bourke (1886–1888)
* Richard Jackson (1888–1889)
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James Ogilvie (1889–1895)
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Samuel Hammond Watson (1895–1896)
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Philip Stern (1896–1898)
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Adrian Robinson (1899–1902)
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George Eustace Burke (1903–1903)
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Charles Walter Tait (1904–1907)
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George Paton Myers (1910-1911)
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Robert William Bryant (1911–1912)
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Hubert A. L. Simpson, OBE (1913–1916)
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Robert William Bryant (1917–1923)
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Hubert A. L. Simpson, OBE (1923–1924), Commissioner
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Altamont daCosta (1925–1927)
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Sir George Seymour
Sir George Seymour was an English knight. Born in Chelmsford on 11 June.
Life
He was a younger son of John Seymour and Elizabeth Darrell.
He was High Sheriff of Wiltshire
This is a list of the Sheriffs and (after 1 April 1974) High She ...
(1931–1934)
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Oswald Anderson (1937–1938)
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William Seivright (1944–1946)
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Geoffrey Gunter (1946–1947)
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Alexander Bustamante
Sir William Alexander Clarke Bustamante (born William Alexander Clarke; 24 February 1884 – 6 August 1977) was a Jamaican politician and labour leader, who, in 1962, became the first prime minister of Jamaica.
Early life and education
He was ...
(1947–1948)
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Lynden Newland (1948–1951)
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Ken Hill (1951– )
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George McFarlane (1951–1958)
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Iris King (1958–1960)
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Frank Emanuel Spaulding, Sr. (1960-1969)
* Eric Bell (1969–1970)
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Emerson Barrett (1970–1971)
* Eli Matalon (1971–1973)
* Ralph Brown (politician)">Ralph Brown
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(1977–1978)
* Arthur Jones (Jamaican politician)">Arthur Jones (1978–1981)
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* Arthur Jones (Jamaican politician)">Arthur Jones (1978–1981)
* Ryan Peralto (1981–1982)
* Colleen Yap (1982–1984)
* Edward Miller (politician), Edward Miller (1984–1985), Administrator
* Ralph Brown (politician), Ralph Brown (1986–1989)
* Marie Atkins (1989–2003)
* Desmond McKenzie (2003–2012)
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