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Thursday, July 18, 2013

George McGrath II

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

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.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Aye aye aye...family

Anonymous said...

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.

Anonymous said...

That's my grandma father and grandfather