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"Head-Quarter House, Kingston", illustration of article "Cast-away in Jamaica" by W.E. Sewell, in Harper's Magazine, January 1861. Hibbert House. Headquarters House or "Hibbert House", as it was known up to the time of the owner's death, stands as a reminder of the wealth and power of the Kingston merchants in their glory days.
On Sir Simon's death the property would pass to his sister Anna Susannah (1781–1853), and her planter husband George Watson-Taylor (1770–1841), the fourth son of George Watson of Saul's River, Jamaica. [3]
Kingston is also home to Caricel, Jamaica's newest telecoms operator, which deployed its LTE network first to the Kingston Metropolitan Area. In addition, both carriers have their Jamaican head offices in the city (with the exception of Digicel, which has its company headquarters in Kingston rather than a regional office there as is the case ...
The zones were described in a press release of Jamaica Post 18 July 2005, [6] the encoding of the post offices one week later on 25 July 2005. [7] The four zones into which the parishes are divided does not correspond with the traditional division of parishes into counties. The parish codes are as follows. Zone A parishes Kingston: KN; St ...
Kingston East and Port Royal is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. [1] It elects one Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post system of election. It is one of the original 32 Parliamentary seats. [2] Its most prominent MP was former Prime Minister Michael Manley.
By the year 1690, the first official residence in Jamaica (for use by the governors of Jamaica) was in Port Royal. Another was constructed in Spanish Town in 1762. [ 1 ] When Kingston became the capital of Jamaica in 1872, a new official residence (called King's House) was constructed at the former home of the Anglican Lord Bishop of the ...
Gordon House (or George William Gordon House) is the meeting place of the Jamaica Parliament, located at 81 Duke Street in Kingston, close to the old parliament building headquarters. The house serves as the meeting place of both the Senate and the House of Representatives since independence on August 6, 1962 [1]
This is a list of diplomatic missions in Jamaica. There are currently 27 embassies/high commissions posted in Kingston . Embassies/High Commissions in Kingston