List of Presidents of the Legislative Council of Jamaica


List of Presidents of the Jamaican Council

NameEntered officeLeft office
General Edward D'Oyley, Governor and President1661
Colonel Thomas Lynch1664
Major-General James Bannister1671
Colonel Hender Molesworth1674
Sir Francis Watson1688
John White1691
John Bourden1692
Peter Beckford1702
Francis Rose
John Ayscough1722
John Gregory17351751
Archibald Sinclair1774
Thomas Iredell17751796
John Palmer1797
Thomas Wallen1798
John Scott1805
Nathaniel Beckford1806
John Lewis1811
George Pinnock1821
George Cuthbert1825
William Rowe1838
James Gayleard1840
John Salmon1856

List of Presidents of the Legislative Council of Jamaica

NameEntered officeLeft office
The Governor for the time being18661893
J.C. Philippo18931893
et. seq. the Governor for the time being18931945
Sir Noel LivingstonJanuary 9, 1945June 10, 1952
Major Aldington George Curphey, M.B.E.June 13, 1952November 28, 1958
Richard Walter Youngman, C.B.E.December 12, 1958March 15, 1962
Clifford Clarence CampbellMay 8, 19621962

This position was succeeded by the President of the Senate of Jamaica.

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