The Receiver General of Jamaica was the public official in Jamaica responsible for receiving and disbursing money of the Government of Jamaica.
The receiver was able to appoint a number of deputies to work on his behalf.
List of Receivers General of Jamaica Note: This list is incomplete. Dates are dates of life, not dates in office unless otherwise stated. James Knight (fl. 1725–1745)Knight, James (fl 1725-1745) Receiver General of Jamaica Historian. National Archives. Retrieved 13 May 2019. Thomas Graham"The Letters of Simon Taylor of Jamaica to Chaloner Arcedekne, 1765-1775" edited by Betty Wood et al in Robert Graham (c.1735-1797), appointed 1752.Portrait miniature of Robert Graham (later Cunninghame-Graham) of Gartmore (c.1735-97). Historical Portraits Image Library. Retrieved 13 May 2019. James Mitchell (1796) William Mitchell (1742–1823)William Mitchell, 1742 - 1823. Receiver-general of Jamaica. National Galleries of Scotland. Retrieved 13 May 2019. Hinton EastHope Botanical Gardens. visitjamaica.com Retrieved 13 May 2019."Planters, Farmers and Gardeners in Eighteenth-Century Jamaica" by Douglas Hall in Jasper Hall (died 1798)Jasper Hall I. Legacies of British Slave-ownership, UCL. Retrieved 13 May 2019. Charles Sackville-Germain, 5th Duke of Dorset (1767–1843), in office 1776–1815
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