Chapter XV: Clarendon

Carlisle Bay: Vere Church, rectors, monuments: Church of the
White Cross: Morgan’s Valley: Chapelton Church: Halse
Hall: Longville: Kellets 373

INDEX 398

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

_With the exception of the full page-plates and the two maps, the
illustrations are from sketches by Mrs. Lionel Lee._

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Arawâk Bowl 1

Mealing-stone 2

Arawâk Pestle 3

Sketch Map of Jamaica, _circa_ 1661 7

Branding-iron 15

Sketch Map of Jamaica, _circa_ 1866 41

PORT ROYAL
Nelson’s Quarter-deck 68

Kingston Harbour in 1774. _From an engraving in Long's
"History of Jamaica"_ _facing_ 70

Figure-head of the _Aboukir_ 71

ST. CATHERINE
Passage Fort 83

Cathedral, Spanish Town 90

King’s House, Spanish Town 104

Court House, Spanish Town 104

Rodney’s Statue, Spanish Town 105

House of Assembly, Spanish Town 105

The _Lady Juliana_ in tow of the _Pallas_ in 1782. _From
an aquatint by Robert Dodd_ _facing_ 122

Colebeck Castle 134

The Ferry Inn 139

KINGSTON
Kingston, Harbour Street in 1820. _From a coloured
engraving in Hakewill’s “Picturesque Tour of Jamaica”_ _facing_ 150

The Parish Church 157

Date-Tree Hall in 1906 180

Statue of Sir Charles Metcalfe 187

Statue of Queen Victoria 194

ST. ANDREW
Halfway-Tree Church in 1906 200

King Edward’s Clock Tower, Halfway-Tree 208

Admiral’s Pen 211

Rock Fort 212

Fort Nugent 215

Raymond Hall 219

Up-Park Camp in 1840. _From a coloured lithograph by Joseph B. Kidd_
(_Frontispiece_)

ST. THOMAS
Stokes Hall 241

Albion Estate 252

PORTLAND
Port Antonio in 1770. _From an engraving_ _facing_ 256

ST. MARY
Tomb of Sir Charles Price 261

ST. ANN
Dry Harbour 268

Don Christopher’s Cove 273

Rio Novo 285

Cardiff Hall 294

Moneague Tavern in 1844. _From a daguerreotype by Adolphe
Duperly_ _facing_ 302

Slave Punishment Cell at Geddes 303

TRELAWNY
Bryan Castle 307

ST. JAMES
Block-house, Maroon Town 324

Rose Hall 341

WESTMORELAND
Fort William, Aqueduct 360

Fort William Estate, from the site of old Great House 361

Roaring River Estate in 1774. _From an engraving by Thomas
Vivares after a painting by George Robertson_ _facing_ 364

Savanna-la-Mar in 1840. _From a coloured lithograph by
Joseph B. Kidd_ _facing_ 366

CLARENDON
Carlisle Bay 375

Vere Parish Church, at the Alley 382

Morgan’s Valley 394

Halse Hall Great House 396

LIST OF OFFICIALS

The following tables are inserted for reference. The list of Governors is complete. The others are as complete as it has hitherto been found possible to make them. There are portraits in Jamaica History Gallery in the Institute of Jamaica of those to whom an * is suffixed.

GOVERNORS OF JAMAICA[1]

Footnote 1:

Administrations during temporary absences of Governors have not been
included.

1661–62. General Edward Doyley. Governor.
1662. Thomas, Lord Windsor.* „
1662–64. Sir Charles Lyttelton.* Dep.-Governor
1664. Colonel Edward Morgan. „
1664. Colonel Thomas Lynch. President.
1664–71. Sir Thomas Modyford, Bt. Governor.
1671–74. Sir Thomas Lynch. Lieut.-Gov.
1674. Sir Henry Morgan.* „ „
1675–78. John, Lord Vaughan.* Governor.
1678. Sir Henry Morgan. Lieut.-Gov.
1678–80. Charles, Earl of Carlisle.* Governor.
1680–82. Sir Henry Morgan. Lieut.-Gov.
1682–84. Sir Thomas Lynch. Governor.
1684–87. Colonel Hender Molesworth. Lieut.-Gov.
1687–88. Christopher, Duke of Albemarle.* Governor.
1688–90. Sir Francis Watson. President.
1690–92. William, Earl of Inchiquin.* Governor.
1691–92. John White. President.
1692–93. John Bourden. „
1693–1700. Sir William Beeston. Lieut.-Gov.
1700–02. „ „ „ Governor.
1702. Maj.-Gen. William Selwyn. „
1702. Peter Beckford.* Lieut.-Gov.
1702–04. Colonel Thomas Handasyd. Lieut.-Gov.
1704–11. Sir Thomas Handasyd. Governor.
1711–16. Lord Archibald Hamilton. „
1716–18. Peter Heywood. „
1718–22. Sir Nicholas Lawes. „
1722–26. Henry, Duke of Portland. Governor.
1726–28. John Ayscough. President.
1728–34. Maj.-Gen. Robert Hunter. Governor.
1734–35. John Ayscough. President.
1735. John Gregory. „
1735–36. Henry Cunningham. Governor.
1736–38. John Gregory. President.
1738–52. Edward Trelawny. Governor.
1752–56. Admiral Charles Knowles.* Governor.
1756–59. Henry Moore. Lieut.-Gov.
1759. General George Haldane. Governor.
1760–62. Henry Moore. Lieut.-Gov.
1762–66. William Henry Lyttelton. Governor.
1766–67. Roger Hope Elletson. Lieut.-Gov.
1767–72. Sir William Trelawny. Governor.
1772–74. Lieut.-Col. John Dalling. Lieut.-Gov.
1774–77. Sir Basil Keith. Governor.
1777–81. Colonel John Dalling. Lieut.-Gov.
1781–83. Maj.-Gen. Archibald Campbell.* „ „
1783–84. „ „ „ Governor.
1784–90. Brig.-Gen. Alured Clarke.* Lieut.-Gov.
1790–91. Thomas, Earl of Effingham.* Governor.
1791–95. Maj.-Gen. Adam Williamson. Lieut.-Gov.
1795–01. Alexander, Earl of Balcarres.* „ „
1801–06. Lieut.-Gen. George Nugent.* „ „
1806–08. Sir Eyre Coote.* „ „
1808–11. William, Duke of Manchester.* Governor.
1811–13. Lieut.-Gen. Edward Morrison. Lieut.-Gov.
1813–21. William, Duke of Manchester. Governor.
1821–22. Maj.-Gen. Henry Conran.* Lieut.-Gov.
1822–27. William, Duke of Manchester. Governor.
1827–29. Maj.-Gen. Sir John Keane.* Lieut.-Gov.
1829–32. Somerset, Earl of Belmore.* Governor.
1832. George Cuthbert. President.
1832–34. Constantine, Earl of Mulgrave.* Governor.
1834. George Cuthbert. President.
1834. Maj.-Gen. Sir Amos Norcot. Lieut.-Gov.
1834–36. Peter, Marquis of Sligo.* Governor.
1836–39. Sir Lionel Smith. „
1839–42. Sir Charles Metcalfe.* „
1842–46. James, Earl of Elgin.* „
1846–47. Maj.-Gen. Sackville Berkeley. Lieut.-Gov.
1847–53. Sir Charles Edward Grey. Governor.
1853–56. Sir Henry Barkly.* „
1856–57. Maj.-Gen. E. Wells Bell. Lieut.-Gov.
1857–62. Captain Charles Darling.* Governor.
1862–64. Edward John Eyre.* Lieut.-Gov.
1864–66. „ „ „ Governor.
1866. Sir Henry Storks.* Governor.
1866–74. Sir John Peter Grant.* „
1874. W. A. Young. Administ.
1874–77. Sir William Grey.* Governor.
1877. Edward Rushworth. Lieut.-Gov.
1877. Maj.-Gen. Mann. Administ.
1877–80. Sir Anthony Musgrave.* Governor.
1879–80. Edward Newton. Lieut.-Gov.
1880–83. Sir Anthony Musgrave. Governor.
1883. Col. Somerset M. Wiseman Clarke. Administ.
1883. Maj.-Gen. Gamble. „
1883–89. Sir Henry Norman.* Governor.
1889. Col. William Clive Justice. Administ.
1889–98. Sir Henry Arthur Blake. Governor.
1898. Maj.-Gen. Hallowes. Administ.
1898–04. Sir Augustus W. L. Hemming.* Governor.
1904. Sydney Olivier. Administ.
1904. Hugh Clarence Bourne. „
1904–07. Sir James Alexander Swettenham. Governor.
1907. Hugh Clarence Bourne. Administ.
1907–13. Sir Sydney Olivier. Governor.
1913. Philip Clarke Cork. Administ.
1913– Sir William Henry Manning. Governor.

PRESIDENTS OF THE COUNCIL OF JAMAICA

1661. General Edward Doyley, _Governor and President_ 1664. Colonel Thomas Lynch 1671. Major-General James Bannister 1674. Colonel Hender Molesworth (_afterwards Baronet_). 1688. Sir Francis Watson 1691. John White 1692. John Bourden 1702. Peter Beckford Francis Rose 1722. John Ayscough 1735–51. John Gregory 1774. Archibald Sinclair 1775–96. Thomas Iredell 1797. John Palmer 1798. Thomas Wallen 1805. John Scott 1806. Nathaniel Beckford 1811. John Lewis 1821. George Pinnock 1825. George Cuthbert 1838. William Rowe 1840. James Gayleard 1856. John Salmon

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

1866–91. The governor for the time being 1892. Dr. J. C. Phillippo 1893 _et The governor for the time being seq._

PRIVY COUNCIL

1866 _et The governor for the time being
seq._

SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY OF JAMAICA

1664. Robert Freeman 1664. Sir Thomas Whetstone 1671. Samuel Long 1672–73. Major John Colebeck (_pro tem._) 1673. Samuel Long 1677. Lieut.-Col. William Beeston 1679–88. Samuel Bernard 1688. George Nedham (_pro tem._) 1688. Roger Hope Elletson „ Thomas Rives „ John Peeke 1691–92. Thomas Sutton 1693. Andrew Langley 1694. James Bradshaw 1698. Thomas Sutton 1701. Andrew Langley 1702. Francis Rose 1702–03. Andrew Langley 1704. Edward Stanton 1705. Matthew Gregory 1706. Hugh Totterdale „ John Peeke „ Matthew Gregory 1707–11. Peter Beckford, jun. 1711. William Brodrick „ Samuel Vassall (_pro tem._) 1711–13. Peter Beckford, jun. 1714. Hugh Totterdale 1715. John Blair 1716. Peter Beckford 1718. William Nedham 1719. Edmund Kelly 1721–22. George Modd 1722. William Nedham 1724. John Manley (_pro tem._) 1725. Francis Melling 1727–28. Thomas Beckford 1731. John Stewart 1733. William Nedham 1745. Charles Price [afterwards Sir Charles, Bt.] (_pro tem._) 1747. Richard Beckford (_pro tem._) 1751. „ „ 1755. Edward Manning 1756. Thomas Hibbert 1756. Charles Price 1763. Charles Price, jun. [afterwards 2nd Baronet] 1764. Thomas Fearon (_pro tem._) 1765. Charles Price, jun. 1766. William Nedham 1768. Edward Long „ Phillip Pinnock* 1770. Nicholas Bourke „ Charles Price, jun. 1775. Phillip Pinnock 1776. Sir Charles Price (2nd Baronet) 1778. Jasper Hall* 1778–93. Samuel Williams Haughton 1781. Thomas French (_pro tem._) 1782. William Pusey (_pro tem._) 1787. William Blake (_pro tem._) 1793. William Blake 1797. Donald Campbell 1798. Keane Osborn 1802. Philip Redwood 1809. James Lewis 1821. David Finlayson 1830. Richard Barrett 1832. Robert Allwood 1838. Richard Barrett 1839. Edward Panton 1842. Samuel Jackson Dallas* 1849. Charles McLarty Morales* 1861. Edward Jordon (_pro tem._)* 1864. Charles Hamilton Jackson*

CHIEF JUSTICES OF JAMAICA

1661. Philip Ward „ Samuel Barry 1663. William Mitchell 1664–65. Lynch 1671. John White 1675. Sir Thomas Modyford 1676–79. Samuel Long 1681. Robert Byndloss 1685. Samuel Bernard 1688. Robert Noell 1689. Roger Elletson „ Richard Lloyd 1695–98. Richard Lloyd 1698. Nicholas Lawes 1703. Peter Beckford „ Peter Heywood 1706. John Walters 1714–15. Peter Heywood 1716. Peter Bernard 1724. John Ayscough (_d._ 173 6) Edward Pennant 1733. Richard Mill 1733–35. John Gregory 1735. James Hay 1736–39. George Ellis 1739. John Gregory 1742. Dennis Kelly 1746. William Nedham 1749. John Hudson Guy 1751–56. John Palmer 1756–64. Thomas Fearon 1765. George Ellis 1766. Thomas Beach 1770. Peter Haywood 1776. Edward Webley 1779. Richard Welch 1780–83. Thomas French 1784–91. John Grant 1790. Thomas Harrison (_pro tem._) 1792. William Jackson 1801. John Henckell 1802. John Kirby 1808. John Lewis „ Philip Redwood 1818. Thomas Witter Jackson 1821. Sir William Anglin Scarlett* 1832. Sir Joshua Rowe* 1855. Sir Bryan Edwards* 1869. Sir John Lucie-Smith 1884. Sir Adam Gibb Ellis* 1895. Sir Henry James Burford-Hancock 1896. Sir Fielding Clarke 1910. Sir Anthony Coll

ATTORNEY-GENERALS OF JAMAICA

1671. Edmund Ducke 1688. Sir Richard Dereham 1686–91. Simon Musgrave 1693. William Brodrick 1698. Thomas Barrow 1698. Charles Brodrick 1703. Edward Haskins „ Robert Hotchkyn 1711–15. William Brodrick 1719. Edmund Kelly 1724. William Monk 1732. Alexander Henderson 1732. Thomas Howe 1732–44. Matthew Concanen 1744. Thomas Hill 1744–49. Robert Penny 1754. Henry Morgan Byndloss 1755. Richard Beckford 1760. Gilbert Ford 1760. Edward Penny 1766. Thomas Gordon 1766. Thomas Beach 1769. Thomas Harrison 1784. Robert Sewell 1796. George Crawford Ricketts 1802. William Ross 1806. Thomas Witter Jackson 1807. William Ross 1810. Thomas Witter Jackson 1818. William Burge 1829. Hugo James 1832. Fitz Herbert Batty 1833. Dowell O’Reilly 1857. Alexander Heslop* 1872. E. A. C. Schalch 1876. G. H. Barne 1877. E. L. O’Mally 1881. Sir Henry Hicks Hocking 1896. (Sir) Henry Rawlins Pipon Schooles 1906. Thomas Bancroft Oughton 1910. Ernest St. John Branch

NAVAL COMMANDERS-IN-CHIEF AT JAMAICA

1655. Sir William Penn, Admiral and General-at-sea* 1655–57. Vice-Admiral William Goodsonn 1656–57. Vice-Admiral Christopher Myngs* 1662. Col. Mitchell, chief over the sea-officers 1662–64. Vice-Admiral Christopher Myngs 1663. Sir Thomas Whetstone, commanded a fleet at Jamaica 1669. Henry Morgan, “Commander-in Chief of all the ships of war” of Jamaica (commission from Governor) 1676. The Duke of York was Admiral of Jamaica and all other his Majesty’s Plantations and Dominions [1692. Commodore Wrenn, commanded in the West Indies 1692. Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Wheler, commanded in the West Indies] 1702. Vice-Admiral Benbow* [1703. Vice-Admiral John Graydon, commanded a fleet in the West Indies] 1703–05. Sir William Whetstone, Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies [1706. Commodore William Kerr, commanded a fleet in the West Indies 1706. Sir John Jennings, commanded a fleet in the West Indies] 1707–09. Rear-Admiral Charles Wager* 1710–12. Commodore James Littleton 1712. Rear-Admiral Sir Hovenden Walker 1720. Commodore Vernon, Commander-in-Chief of all his Majesty’s ships in the West Indies* [1726–27. Vice-Admiral Francis Hosier, commanded a squadron in the West Indies] 1727. Commodore Edward St. Lo, in command of West India Station 1728. Vice-Admiral Edward Hopson, in command of West India Station 1728–29. Rear-Admiral Edward St. Lo, in command of West India Station 1729. Commodore William Smith 1730–33. Rear-Admiral the Hon. Charles Stuart, in command of West India Station 1732. Commodore Richard Lestock 1732–39. Commodore Sir Chaloner Ogle* 1736–37. Captain Digby Dent [1739–42. Admiral Edward Vernon, commanded in the West Indies]* 1742–44. Rear-Admiral Sir Chaloner Ogle. [1744. Vice-Admiral Thomas Davers, died at Jamaica] 1746. Captain Cornelius Mitchell 1747. Captain Digby Dent 1747–49. Rear-Admiral Charles Knowles 1749–52. Commodore the Hon. George Townshend 1755–57. Rear-Admiral the Hon. George Townshend 1757. Rear-Admiral Thomas Cotes 1760–61. Rear-Admiral Charles Holmes 1762. Commodore Sir James Douglas [1762. Admiral Sir George Pocock, Commander-in-Chief of expedition against Havana] 1762–64. Rear-Admiral Viscount Keppel 1764–66. Rear-Admiral Sir William Burnaby 1766–69. Rear-Admiral W. Parry 1769–70. Commodore Arthur Forrest* 1771–74. Rear-Admiral Sir George Rodney* 1774–78. Vice-Admiral Clarke Gayton 1778–82. Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Parker* [1779. Captain Horatio Nelson, commanded in Fort Charles, Port Royal]* 1782–83. Rear-Admiral Joshua Rowley 1783–84. Vice-Admiral James Gambier 1785. Commodore John Pakenham 1785. Captain Alan Gardner* 1786. Rear-Admiral Alexander Innes 1786–89. Commodore Alan (afterwards Lord) Gardner 1790–93. Rear-Admiral Philip Affleck 1793–95. Rear-Admiral John Ford 1796. Rear-Admiral William Parker 1796. Commodore Richard Rodney Bligh* 1796–1800. Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker* 1800–01. Vice-Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour* 1802. Rear-Admiral Robert Montague 1803–04. Vice-Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth* 1804–08. Vice-Admiral James Richard Dacres* 1809–11. Vice-Admiral Bartholomew Samuel Rowley* 1811–13. Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Stirling, Bart. 1812. Vice-Admiral James Vashon 1813–14. Rear-Admiral William Brown* 1814–16. Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, K.B., Commander-in-Chief on the Jamaica Station, Windward and Leeward Islands, and Coast of North America 1816–17. Rear-Admiral John Erskine Douglas 1817–20. Rear-Admiral Sir Home Riggs Popham, K.C.B.* 1820–23. Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Rowley, K.C.B. 1823. Commodore E. W. C. R. Owen 1824–27. Vice-Admiral Sir Lawrence William Halstead, K.C.B. 1828–29. Vice-Admiral the Hon. Charles Elphinstone Fleeming 1829–32. Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Griffith Colpoys, K.C.B. 1833. Commodore Sir Arthur Farquhar, C.B., K.C.H. K.S. 1833–36. Vice-Admiral Sir George Cockburn

COMMODORES ON JAMAICA DIVISION OF NORTH AMERICAN AND WEST INDIAN STATION

1838. Sir John Strutt Peyton, K.C.H. 1839–41. Peter John Douglas 1843. Hon. Henry Dilkes Byng 1844–45. Alexander R. Sharpe, C.B. 1846. Daniel Pring 1849–51. Thomas Bennet 1855. Thomas Henderson 1860. Henry Kellet, C.B. 1861. Hugh Dunlop 1864–65. Peter Cracroft, C.B. 1865. A. M. De Horsey (acting) 1865–68. Sir Francis Leopold M’Clintock* 1869–70. Augustus Phillimore 1871–72. Richard W. Courtenay 1873–75. Algernon F. R. De Horsey 1875–78. Algernon McLennan Lyons 1878–80. William John Ward 1880–82. William S. Brown 1882. Edward White 1883–86. F. M. Prattent 1886–89. Henry Hand 1889–92. Rodney M. Lloyd 1892–95. T. S. Jackson 1895–98. H. W. Dowding 1898–99. William H. Henderson 1900–01. Edward H. M. Davis, C.M.G. 1901–03. D. Mc. N. Riddel 1903–05. (Sir) F. W. Fisher Dockyard close, March 1905

AGENTS FOR JAMAICA IN GREAT BRITAIN

1664–66. Sir James Modyford 1682. { Sir Charles Lyttelton { William Beeston 1688. Ralph Knight 1698–1713. { Sir Gilbert Heathcote { Sir Bartholomew Gracedieu 1714. F. Marsh 1725. Alexander Stephenson 1725–6. Edward Charlton 1728–1733. Charles de la Foy 1733. John Gregory 1733–1757. John Sharpe 1757–1762. Lovel Stanhope 1764–1795. Stephen Fuller 1795–1803. Robert Sewell 1803–1812. Edmund Pusey Lyon 1812–1831. George Hibbert 1831–1845. William Burge 1845, Dec Office abolished 8.