The Receiver General of Jamaica was the public official in Jamaica responsible for receiving and disbursing money of the Government of Jamaica.[1]
The receiver was able to appoint a number of deputies to work on his behalf.
List of Receivers General of Jamaica
Note: This list is incomplete. Dates are dates of life, not dates in office unless otherwise stated.
- James Knight (fl. 1725–1745)[2]
- Thomas Graham[3]
- Robert Graham (c.1735-1797), appointed 1752.[4]
- James Mitchell (1796)
- William Mitchell (1742–1823)[5]
- Hinton East[6][7]
- Jasper Hall (died 1798)[8]
- Charles Sackville-Germain, 5th Duke of Dorset (1767–1843), in office 1776–1815[9]
References
- ^ The Laws of Jamaica: Comprehending All The Acts in Force &c. Vol. 2. 2nd edition. St. Jago de la Vega: Alexander Aikman. 1802. p. 110.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Knight, James (fl 1725-1745) Receiver General of Jamaica Historian. National Archives. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "The Letters of Simon Taylor of Jamaica to Chaloner Arcedekne, 1765-1775" edited by Betty Wood et al in Betty Wood & Martin Lynn (Eds.) (2002). Travel, Trade and Power in the Atlantic 1765-1884. Camden Fifth Series Vol. 19. Miscellany XXXV. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–164 (p. 8). ISBN 978-0-521-82312-8.
- ^ Portrait miniature of Robert Graham (later Cunninghame-Graham) of Gartmore (c.1735-97). Historical Portraits Image Library. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ William Mitchell, 1742 - 1823. Receiver-general of Jamaica. National Galleries of Scotland. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ Hope Botanical Gardens. visitjamaica.com Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Planters, Farmers and Gardeners in Eighteenth-Century Jamaica" by Douglas Hall in Brian L. Moore et al (Eds.) (2003). Slavery, Freedom and Gender: The Dynamics of Caribbean Society. Kingston: University of the West Indies Press. pp. 97–114 (p. 100). ISBN 978-976-640-137-5.
- ^ Jasper Hall I. Legacies of British Slave-ownership, UCL. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ Cokayne, George Edward; Gibbs, Vicary; Doubleday, H. Arthur, eds. (1916). Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (Dacre to Dysart). Vol. 4 (2nd ed.). London: The St. Catherine Press, Ltd. pp. 429–430.
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