Hon.
George McGrath II (1845-1933) Sugar Planter & Penkeeper. Proprietor
of Charlemont Estate and several other plantations in St. Catherine and
of Chippenham Park Estate and several other plantations in St. Ann.
Born in Jamaica in 1845. Son of George McGrath, Esq. (1810-1878), Sugar
Planter, of Charlemont Estate, St. Catherine, Jamaica. Educated at
Carlow College in County Carlow, Ireland. Religion: Roman Catholic.
Inspector in the Jamaica Colonial Police from 1866 to 1878. Took over
the management of the McGrath family plantations in Jamaica on the death
of his Father in 1878. He was Custos of St. Catherine from 1899 to
1924. Died in St. Ann, Jamaica on Saturday night, the 17th of June,
1933, at an "advanced age". From a Photograph by E. Wells Elliot, c.
1905. Collection: Brett Ashmeade-Hawkins.
4 comments:
Aye aye aye...family
I am a beneficiary of the good deeds of custos McGrath who donated lands to develop the Ewarton Community along with Alcan Alumina Bauxite Industry in the 1970s.
That's my grandma father and grandfather
During that period, the Canadian aluminum company ALCAN owned several properties in the Ewarton area. Pleasant Farm Village housed ALCAN Ewarton's supervisors and engineers. Orange Field Village was home to the lower-class workers of ALCAN Ewarton Works. Managers lived in Hayfield Village, a notable estate featuring a Georgian great house built in 1731. After acquiring the property, ALCAN constructed additional homes and transformed the historic great house into the Hayfield Club House, complete with a swimming pool, tennis court, and mini tennis court. I share this because I grew up in that area.
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