Postmaster General of Jamaica

This is a list of Postmasters General of Jamaica from 1671 to its independence from the United Kingdom in 1962 and to date.

History

Prior to 1860, the Postmasters General for Jamaica were appointed by the Postmaster General in London, and their appointments would not appear in the Government lists when made.[1]

List of Postmasters General

Name Term of office Notes
Took office Left office
1671 Gabriel Martin Appointed by the Legislative Council of Jamaica on 31 October 1671.[1]
1687 James Wales Appointed by the Earl of Rochester (Postmaster General) in November 1687.[1]
1691 1700 Thomas Neale Appointed by a Crown patent dated 17 February 1691 to Postmaster of the North American colonies.[1]
1700 1701 Andrew Hamilton
Robert West 		Joint administration assigned by Thomas Neale.[1]
1702 1711 Thomas Wood Appointed by Edmund Dummer.[1]
1721 Robert Baldwyn
John Cleaves
Gilbert Kennedy 		All three were arrested in 1721 and charged with "exacting money for letters"; they were likely Acting Postmasters.[1]
c. 1725 c. 1726 Thomas Bartlet Was accused of "extorting money for letters" as deputies of the Post Office in England.[1]
1735 1737 Alexander MacFarlane Appointed by warrant from Alexander Spotswood (Deputy Postmaster General in the Americas).[1]
1744 James Angus
Peter Baldwin
Robert Baldwin 		All three were charged with extortion; they were likely Acting Postmasters.[1]
1747 Lawrence Brodbelt
1749 1749 John MacCulloch Appointed by warrant from Elliot Benger (Deputy Postmaster General in the Americas) date 23 August 1749; he died shortly thereafter.[1]
1749 1751 Mrs. Anna MacCulloch Appointed by warrant from the Governor upon the death of her husband.[1]
1751 1754 William Graham
1754 1781 Edward Dismore Appointed by the Postmaster General in April 1754.[1]
1758 1759 Robert Lock Appointed, locally, in place of Edward Dismore, on 19 October 1758; the appointment was deemed unlawful on 15 December 1759.[1]
1782 Thomas Gray
1783 1793 Francis Dashwood Appointment was made with a salary was £150 per annum (although to receive it, he reportedly paid £300 per annum to a friend of Lord Carteret (Postmaster General)).[1][a]
1793 George Brooks
1794 George Atkinson
1795 George Bogle
1796 1799 Glocester Wilson
1800 1806 John Smith
1807 1809 Benjamin Barbauld
1810 1817 John Milbourne Marsh
1822 David Watt
(Acting)
1823 John Wilson
(Acting)
1824 1832 William Jekyll Anstey Appointed Postmaster of Bath on 18 October 1832 before being dismissed on 29 November 1833.[b]
1833 John Morce
(Acting)
1833 Samuel Le Fevre Declined appointment.[1]
1833 1834 Samuel McQuoid[c] Appointment cancelled.[1]
1834 1834 Lord Sussex Lennox Brother of the 5th Duke of Richmond (Postmaster General).[1][d]
1834 1850 John Wilson Appointed by the 2nd Marquess Conyngham on 20 October 1834 at a salary of £400 per annum, which increased to £1,500 in 1844.[1]
1850 1860 Maurice O'Connor Morris Dismissed on 31 July 1860.[1]
1860 1867/8 Alexander James Brymer First official Colonial appointment to the office.[1]
1868 1870 William Kemble Appointed 1 March 1868 at a salary of £600 per annum; Resigned on 20 April 1870 with a pension of £180 per annum.[1][3]
1870 1891 Frederick Sullivan Appointed 1 May 1870 and served until 31 October 1891; previously Chief Clerk from 1861 to 1870 and Acting Postmaster General in 1869.[e]
1891 1903 George Henry Pearce
1903 1905 Alfred Henry Miles
1905 1915 John Barkley Lucie-Smith [f]
1915 1925 Ellis Wolfe
1925 1937 Reginald Honan Fletcher Served as wartime postal censor.[1]
1938 1945 William Alexander Campbell Confirmed as Postmaster on 29 June 1939.[1]
1945 1949 Esric Lionel Morris
1949 1953 George Fitzgerald White Served as wartime postal censor.[1]
1954 1955 Allison Alfred Vernon Nash
1955 1959 Joseph Green
1960 1964 F. O. Rousseau
1965 1968 Harrington A. Fairweather Appointed on 15 February 1965.[1]
1968 1973 Winston G. Brown
1974 1978 Rupert I. Knight
1978 1979 K. L. DePass
1979 1984 Hicks (HM) Williams Appointed Postmaster General by 13 November 1979; previously Acting Postmaster General by 14 May 1979.[1]
1984 2000 Sam E. Stewart
2000 2005 Dr. Blossom O'Meally Nelson
2006 Michael Gentles
2021 Lincoln A. Allen

See also

References

Notes
  1. ^ Francis Dashwood (1751–1793) was born in Somerset, England to Robert Dashwood and Hon. Mary Sweeting. His younger brother was Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Dashwood. Francis married Frances Ludlow and had one child.[2]
  2. ^ Blue Book for 1834 states: Anstey as DPMG but absent from Colony for whole year. Correspondence from him in West Sussex Archives to Lord Richmond.
  3. ^ Samuel McQuoid (c. 1796–1867).
  4. ^ Blue Book for 1834 states: Lord Sussex Lennox (1802–1874) was absent from Colony from November 1834.
  5. ^ Frederick Sullivan (1835–1892) was the son of John Augustus Sullivan and grandson of John Sullivan of Richings Park. He was the son-in-law of his predecessor, William Kemble.[4]
  6. ^ John Barkley Lucie-Smith (1852–1915)[5][6][7] was the son of John Lucie-Smith, Chief Justice of Jamaica, brother to Alfred Lucie-Smith, and father of Euan Lucie-Smith.[8]
Sources
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  2. ^ Royal Gazette Sat 22 June 1793: "Early on Wednesday morning, Francis Dashwood, Esq. Deputy Post Master General of this island, and in the commission of the peace for this parish. He was a few hours before his death in apparent good health, but was seized in the night with a fit of apoplexy, which shortly deprived him of life. In the department this Gentleman held under Government, he studiously endeavoured to give general satisfaction, and by his affability endeared himself to a large and respectable circle of friends and acquaintances."
  3. ^ Blue Book (1870)
  4. ^ Markham, Sir Clements Robert (1883). A Naval Career During the Old War: Being a Narrative of the Life of Admiral John Markham, M.P. for Portsmouth for Twenty-three Years (lord of the Admiralty, 1801-4 and 1806-7). S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. p. 145. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  5. ^ Cundall, Frank (1925). Jamaica's Part in the Great War 1914–1918. London: The West India Committee, for The Institute of Jamaica. p. 113.
  6. ^ Sanderson, Ginny (22 October 2020). "First black British officer of First World War was Eastbourne student". www.eastbourneherald.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  7. ^ Bridge, Mark. "Euan Lucie-Smith: Plaque for first black officer rewrites history of First World War". Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Postmasters of Jamaica John Barkly Lucie-Smith" (PDF). Jamaicaphilately.info. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
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