List of Mayors of Kingston, Jamaica

On 15 March, 1801, royal assent was given for establishing the city and parish of Kingston, Jamaica as a corporation, with a mayor, aldermen, and council (Geo. III c. 29 p. 144). The first election took place November 15, 1802. Below is a list of mayors of Kingston since 1802:[1][2]

  • John Jaques (1802–1809)
  • George Kinghorne (1809–1823)
  • Joseph Barnes (1823–1829)[3]
  • Thomas Yates (1829–1833)
  • Hector Mitchell (1833–1853)
  • Philip Lawrence (1853–1854)
  • Edward Jordon (1854–1868)
  • Lewis Bowerbank (1868–1870)
  • John S. Brown (1871–1872), Custos
  • Henry J. Kemble (1873–1885), Custos
  • James Scott (1885–1886)
  • Wellesley Bourke (1886–1888)
  • Richard Jackson (1888–1889)
  • James Ogilvie (1889–1895)
  • Samuel Hammond Watson (1895–1896)
  • Philip Stern (1896–1898)
  • Adrian Robinson (1899–1902)
  • George Eustace Burke (1903–1903)
  • Charles Walter Tait (1904–1907)
  • George Paton Myers (1910-1911)
  • Robert William Bryant (1911–1912)
  • Hubert Simpson (1913–1916)
  • Robert William Bryant (1917–1923)
  • Hubert Simpson (1923–1924), Commissioner
  • Altamont daCosta (1925–1927)
  • Sir George Seymour (1931–1934)
  • Oswald Anderson (1937–1938)
  • William Seivright (1944–1946)
  • Geoffrey Gunter (1946–1947)
  • Alexander Bustamante (1947–1948)
  • Lynden Newland (1948–1951)
  • Ken Hill (1951– )
  • George McFarlane (1951–1958)
  • Iris King (1958–1960)
  • Eric Bell (1969–1970)
  • Emerson Barrett (1970–1971)
  • Eli Matalon (1971–1973)
  • Ralph Brown (1974–1977)
  • George Mason (1977–1978)
  • Arthur Jones (1978–1981)
  • Ryan Peralto (1981–1982)
  • Colleen Yap (1982–1984)
  • Edward Miller (1984–1985), Administrator
  • Ralph Brown (1986–1989)
  • Marie Atkins (1989–2003)
  • Desmond McKenzie (2003–2012)
  • Angela Brown-Burke (2012–2016)
  • Delroy Williams (2016– )
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References
  1. The Laws of Jamaica: 1799-1803. Google Books. p. 144.
  2. Cundall, Frank (1915). Historic Jamaica with Fifty-two Illustrations. Internet Archive. p. 103. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  3. "Joseph Barnes Profile & Legacies Summary". University College London. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
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