List of presidents of the Legislative Council of Jamaica explained

The following is a list of presidents of the Legislative Council of Jamaica.

List of presidents of the Jamaican Council

Source:^[1]

Name	Entered office	Left office
General Edward D'Oyley, Governor and President	1661
	1664
Major-General James Bannister	1671
Colonel Hender Molesworth	1674
Sir Francis Watson	1688
John White	1691
John Bourden	1692
	1702
Francis Rose
John Ayscough	1722
John Gregory	1735	1751
Archibald Sinclair	1774
Thomas Iredell	1775	1796
John Palmer	1797
Thomas Wallen	1798
John Scott	1805
Nathaniel Beckford	1806
John Lewis	1811
George Pinnock	1821
George Cuthbert	1825
William Rowe	1838
James Gayleard	1840
John Salmon	1856

List of presidents of the Legislative Council of Jamaica

Source:^[2]

Name	Entered office	Left office
The Governor for the time being	1866	1893
J.C. Philippo	1893	1893
et. seq. the Governor for the time being	1893	1945
Sir Noel Livingston	January 9, 1945	June 10, 1952
Major Aldington George Curphey, M.B.E.	June 13, 1952 ^[3]	November 28, 1958
Richard Walter Youngman, C.B.E.	December 12, 1958	March 15, 1962
Clifford Clarence Campbell	May 8, 1962	1962

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Historic Jamaica. 2013-02-27.
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20040822202542/http://www.mct.gov.jm/pres2.htm Official website of Houses of Parliament, Jamaica
3. President Curphey was re-elected on February 2, 1955