This listing was compiled initially from Foster’s Postal History and additional notes from him passed to Derek Sutcliffe.

The notes state that from:

· 1782 to 1881 information was taken from the Almanacs of Jamaica

· From 1881 onwards the Handbook of Jamaica (which replaced the Jamaica Almanac)

· From 1904 onwards the full names of these officers were found from various editions of Who’s Who in Jamaica and information from letters from the Institute of Jamaica.

Further information has been extracted, by Steve Jarvis, from editions of the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper.

Prior to 1860 the Post Masters for Jamaica were appointed by the Post Master General in London, and their appointments would not appear in the Government lists, when made.

Acting From	PMG From	Absence From	PMG To	Postmaster		Notes
	1671			Gabriel Martin		Appointed by the Legislative Council of Jamaica on 31st October 1671, but does not appear to have held the post for very long.
	1687			James Wales		Appointed in November 1687 by the Earl of Rochester (Postmaster General), and did not hold the position any length of time.
	1691		1700	Thomas Neale		Appointed by a Crown Patent of 17^th February 1691 to the position of Postmaster of all the offices in the Americas.
	1700		1701	Andrew Hamilton Robert West		A joint administration which was assigned to these two gentlemen by Thomas Neale.
	1702			Thomas Wood		Appointed by Edmund Dummer in accordance with the terms of his contract with the Post Office. Probably held office until 1711.
	1721			Robert Baldwyn John Cleaves Gilbert Kennedy		These three gentlemen were taken into custody at this time and charged with exacting money for letters, and were probably acting as Postmasters with some authority.
	1725 or 1726		1726 or 1727	Thomas Bartlet		He was accused of extorting money for letters under the power of a deputation from the Post Office in England.
	1735		1737	Alexander McFarlane		Appointed by means of a warrant from Alexander Spotwood. Deputy Postmaster General in the Americas.
	1744			James Angus Peter Baldwin Robert Baldwin		These three men were charged with extortion and had been acting as Postmasters.
	1747			Lawrence Brodbelt		According to information from the Journals of Assembly.
	1749			John Macculloch		Appointed by Elliot Benger. Deputy Postmaster General in the Americas. under a warrant of 23rd August 1749. Died shortly afterwards.
	1749		1751	Mrs. Anna MaCulloch		Appointed to the office on the death of her husband by means of a warrant from the Governor.
	1751		1754	William Graham		Held the position by virtue of a `farm' from Mrs. Anna Macculloch.
	1754		1781	Edward Dismore		Appointed by the Postmaster General in April 1754 and in constant conflict with the local authorities.
	1758		1759	Robert Lock		A local appointment of 19th October 1758 in place of Edward Dismore. The action was declared illegal on 15th December 1759.
	1782			Thomas Gray
	1783		1793	Francis Dashwood		A scandalous appointment! initially made on payment of £300 annually to a friend of Lord Carteret, the Postmaster General in London. Francis Dashwood's salary was £150 per annum!
	1793			George Brooks	) ) ) ) ) )	All these appointments are taken from the Almanacs of Jamaica for those years.
	1794			George Atkinson
	1795			George Bogle
	1796		1799	Glocester Wilson
	1800		1806	John Smith
	1807		1809	Benjamin Barbauld
	1810		1817	John Milbourne Marsh		See biography
1822				David Watt	) )	Acting appointments from the Almanacs of those wars.
1823				John Wilson
	1822 Feb 12		1832	William Jekyll Anstey		[Blue Book 1824] “Salary of £400 Sterling pa with an extra allowance of £228-2-6 pa to cover the contingencies of Office. = £879-7-6 Currency. The Deputy Postmaster General enjoys the exclusive privilege of franking Colonial newspapers to all parts of the Island of Jamaica, from which a profit is derived of about £2000 Currency. Net amount received by the Principal = £2056-13-11 Sterling, £2879-7-6 Currency. 1790-1846
	1833		1834	???		TF says: No information available for these years.
	1833			John Morce		Blue Book for 1833 states DPMG = John Morce with a footnote saying that Mr Morce, Acting DPMG died without having made any return of the Office – no dates of Office. John Morce was inspector in the 1824 Almanac
						Blue Book for 1834 states: Anstey as DPMG but absent from Colony for whole year.
	1834 April		1834	Lord Sussex Lennox		Brother of Duke of Richmond – GB Postmaster General. Blue Book for 1834 states: absent from Colony from Nov 1834 (1802 – 1874). See Biography
	1834 Oct 20		1850	John Wilson		Appointed by Rt. Hon. The Marquis of Cunningham on 20 Oct 1834 at a salary of £400 per annum, increased to £1500 in 1844. Arrived in the island 16 Jan 1835 [Blue Book 1835]
	1851		1854	?		No information available.
	1855		1860 Jul 31	Maurice O'Connor Morris		May have been in office from December 1856. He was dismissed on 31st July 1860. See biography
	1860		1867/8	Alexander James Brymer		The first official Colonial appointment to the office. Still in post 8 Jul 1867 See biography
	1868 Mar 1		1870 Apr 20	W. Kemble		Date of First Appointment under Colonial Govt 1838. Appt. PM 1 Mar 1868 Sal: £600 Resigned on pension of £180 pa 20 Apr 1870 [Blue Book 1870]
1869 Aug?	1870 May 1		1891 Oct 31	Fred. Sullivan		Chief Clerk PO 1 Mar 1861 to 30 Apr 1970 Acting PMG by 12 Aug 1869 according to PO Notice PMG from 1 May 1870 to 31 Oct 1891 [CO137-547] See biography
	1891 Dec 8	1903 Sep 4	1903 Oct 13	George Henry Pearce		See biography
	1903 Oct 13		1905 Jan 15	Alfred Henry Miles		See biography
	1905 Jan 16	1914 Sep 10	1915 Mar 20	John Barkly Lucie-Smith		See biography
1914 Sep 10	1915 Mar 20	1925 Apr 1	1925 July 1	Ellis Wolfe		See biography
1925 Apr 1	1925 Jul 7	1937 Apr 1	1937 Jul 1	Reginald Honan Fletcher		Also wartime postal censor See biography
1933 May 23				Mr. H. C. Savage		Mr. H. C. Savage, Assistant Postmaster, has been appointed to act as Postmaster for Jamaica as from the 23rd May, 1933, during leave of absence granted to Mr. R. H. Fletcher, or until further orders (Gazette 11 May 1933)
1938 Aug 9	1939 Jun 26	1944 Dec 12	1945 May 12	William Alexander Campbell		Confirmed as Postmaster between 1 July 1939 and 10 July 1939 See biography
1944 Dec 13	1945 May 13	1948 May 17	1949 Mar 17	Esric Lionel Morris		See biography
1946 Jul 29 1948 May 17	1949 Mar 18	1953 Apr 30	1953 Oct	George Fitzgerald White		JGZ19460808 states acting from 1946 Jul 29. Also wartime postal censor See biography
1953 May 1	1954 Feb 22	1955 Sep 24	1955 (by 12 Dec)	Allison Alfred Vernon Nash		24 Sept 1955 Nash announces 9 months leave of absence prior to retirement (Gleaner 24 Sept 1955) See biography
1955 Sep 24			1955 Dec 10	F. O. Rousseau		Acting Postmaster General from 24 Sept 1955 Deputy PMG to Green, later PMG
	1955 Dec 12	1959 Oct 20	1959 Nov 24	Joseph Green		See biography
1959 Oct 20	1960 Jan		1964 Jun	F. O. Rousseau		Still in post 2 June 1964 (according to PO Notice)
1964 Jun				CS Irving		Appears to have Acting PMG June/July/Aug 1964 whilst Fairweather was out of the country
1964 Jun	1965 Feb 15		1966 Oct to 1968 Apr	Harrington A. Fairweather		Appointed PMG 15 Feb, but immediately on 3 months leave prior to special duties in the Ministry of Communications and Works. On 17 Oct 1966 still PMG but not clear when relinquished PMG post See bibliography
1965 Feb 15	1968 Apr 5	1972 Nov 6	1973 Jan 30	Winston G Brown		See biography
				LG Jackson		Seems to have been acting PMG on 18 Nov 1966 (Gleaner)
1973 Feb 1	By 1974 Jan	1977 Oct	1978 May	Rupert .I. Knight		See biography
?	1978 By Dec 9		1979 May?	K. L. DePass		Gleaner 9 Dec 1978 refers to: Mr. K. L. DePass as Postmaster See biography
1979 By May 14	1979 By Nov 13		1984 Sep 29	Hicks Williams		Acting PMG by 14 May 1979 & still acting 19 Aug 1979 PMG by 13 Nov 1979 See biography
	1984 Oct 4		1999/2000	Sam .E. Stewart		Was still Postmaster General 17 Dec 1999 See biography
	2000 Sep		2005 Sep	Dr. Blossom O'Meally-Nelson		See biography
2005 Oct	2006 Aug 1			Michael Gentles		See biography