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Sir John Peter Grant, KCB, GCMG, (28 November 1807 - 6 January 1893), was a British colonial administrator who served as Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal and as Governor of Jamaica.
Sligoville is named after the Marquess of Sligo, Governor of Jamaica in 1834, the year that freedom came to the enslaved people of Jamaica.
Early in 1656, however, he obtained the office of secretary to Major-General Robert Sedgwick, who had just been appointed Governor of Jamaica, and finally left England.
General Allenby sent the following telegram to the Governor of Jamaica: "I have great pleasure in informing you of the gallant conduct of the machine-gun section of the 1st British West Indies Regiment during two successful raids on the Turkish trenches. All ranks behaved with great gallantry under heavy rifle and shell fire and contributed in no small measure to the success of the operations".
Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet (1757–1849), British Field Marshal and Governor of Jamaica
Hender Molesworth, 1st Baronet (died 1689), British diplomat and Governor of Jamaica
Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland (1682–1726), British MP for Southampton and Governor of Jamaica
On 25 June 1720, Nicholas Lawes, the governor of Jamaica signed a formal agreement with a Miskito king named Jeremy to provide 50 men to track down Maroons (former enslaved Africans who had escaped bondage) in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica.
Edward John Eyre (1815–1901), former Australian explorer and Governor of Jamaica
Established by Juan de Esquivel, the first Spanish Governor of Jamaica, St Ann's Bay became the third capital established by Spain in the Americas.