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Newcastle is a settlement in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. Formerly a military hill station for the British Army it is now a training centre for the Jamaica Defence Force . The Blue Mountain and John Crow Mountain National Park in which Newcastle is located was established in 1992.
John Ford Elkington was born on 3 February 1866 in Newcastle, Jamaica, which was then a British Army camp. He was the son of Irish-born British Army officer John Henry Ford Elkington (1830–1889), who rose to the rank of lieutenant-general and was later Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey. His mother was Scottish-born Margaret Elkington née ...
The following is a list of the most populous settlements in Jamaica. Definitions Kingston, capital of Jamaica Montego Bay The following definitions have been used: City: Official city status on a settlement is only conferred by Act of Parliament. Only three areas have the designation; Kingston when first incorporated in 1802 reflecting its early importance over the then capital Spanish Town ...
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William Wellington Wellwood Grant OD (1894 – 27 August 1977) was a Jamaican labour activist. [1] [2] He was known as "St. William Grant", [1] [2] "St." presumably meaning "Sergeant" in reference to his military or UNIA service.
The mortality rate of British soldiers in Jamaica was very high, particular as a result of yellow fever. A 156-acre (0.63 km 2) estate known as Up Park Pen was purchased by the War Department in 1784, to set up barracks. However, the mortality rate fell only when many were posted away to a hill station at Newcastle, high in the Blue Mountains.
Built near a mangrove swamp, the garrison had a high death rate from tropical diseases. Some time around 1850 the garrison was moved to the isolated Newcastle, Jamaica, 12 miles northeast and 3500 feet higher. [8] On the south side of the harbor mouth on the Port Royal sand spit was Fort Charles (Jamaica) built soon after the English conquest ...
Mo Agoro (born 29 January 1993) is a Jamaica international rugby league footballer who plays as a wing, centre or second-row forward for the Oldham RLFC in the RFL Championship. Agoro has previously played for Oldham , Hunslet , Gloucestershire All Golds and Newcastle Thunder , with short loan periods at Hemel Stags and London Skolars .