Peter Heywood was Governor of Jamaica from 1716–1718.[1]
In 1699, Heywood was a Director of the Bath of St. Thomas the Apostle.[1] 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]
References
edit- ^ a b c Cundall, Frank (1915). Historic Jamaica. London: West India Committee. pp. xiii, xviii–xix, 247.
- ^ Gardner, William James (1909). The History of Jamaica : From its Discovery by Christopher Columbus to the Year 1872. New York: D. Appleton & Company. pp. 110–111.
- ^ Sedgwick, Romney R. (n.d.). "PITT, Thomas (1653-1726), of Stratford, Wilts. and Boconnoc, Cornw". History of Parliament Online. The History of Parliament. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
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