Peter Heywood (governor) explained

Peter Heywood was Governor of Jamaica from 1716–1718.

In 1699, Heywood was a Director of the Bath of St. Thomas the Apostle. He was Chief Justice of Jamaica in 1703 and 1714-15.[1] A plantation owner, he succeeded Lord Archibald Hamilton as governor, and was succeeded by Nicholas Lawes.[2]

From 1716–1717, Thomas Pitt was Governor of Jamaica; however, he resigned the post without having visited the colony.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Cundall, Frank . Frank Cundall . 1915 . Historic Jamaica . London . . xiii, xviii–xix, 247.
  2. Book: Gardner, William James . William James Gardner . 1909 . The History of Jamaica : From its Discovery by Christopher Columbus to the Year 1872 . New York . . 110–111.
  3. Web site: PITT, Thomas (1653-1726), of Stratford, Wilts. and Boconnoc, Cornw. . Sedgwick . Romney R. . n.d. . . . 20 November 2021.

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