List of mayors of Kingston, Jamaica

On 15 March 1801, royal assent was given for establishing the city and parish of Kingston, Jamaica as a corporation, with a mayor, aldermen, and council (Geo. III c. 29 p. 144). The first election took place November 15, 1802. Below is a list of mayors of Kingston since 1802:

• John Jaques (1802–1809)
• George Kinghorne (1809–1823)
• Joseph Barnes (1823–1829)
• Thomas Yates (1829–1833)
• Hector Mitchell (1833–1853)
• Philip Lawrence (1853–1854)
• Edward Jordon (1854–1868)
• Lewis Bowerbank (1868–1870)
• John S. Brown (1871–1872), Custos
• Henry J. Kemble (1873–1885), Custos
• James Scott (1885–1886)
• Wellesley Bourke (1886–1888)
• Richard Jackson (1888–1889)
• James Ogilvie (1889–1895)
• Samuel Hammond Watson (1895–1896)
• Philip Stern (1896–1898)
• Adrian Robinson (1899–1902)
• George Eustace Burke (1903–1903)
• Charles Walter Tait (1904–1907)
• George Paton Myers (1910-1911)
• Robert William Bryant (1911–1912)
• Hubert A. L. Simpson, OBE (1913–1916)
• Robert William Bryant (1917–1923)
• Hubert A. L. Simpson, OBE (1923–1924), Commissioner
• Altamont daCosta (1925–1927)
• Sir George Seymour (1931–1934)
• Oswald Anderson (1937–1938)
• William Seivright (1944–1946)
• Geoffrey Gunter (1946–1947)
• Alexander Bustamante (1947–1948)
• Lynden Newland (1948–1951)
• Ken Hill (1951– )
• [Cleveland George Walker (1953-1954
• George McFarlane (1951–1958)
• Iris King (1958–1960)
• Eric Bell (1969–1970)
• Emerson Barrett (1970–1971)
• Eli Matalon (1971–1973)
• Ralph Brown (1974–1977)
• George Mason (1977–1978)
• Arthur Jones (1978–1981)
• Ryan Peralto (1981–1982)
• Colleen Yap (1982–1984)
• Edward Miller (1984–1985), Administrator
• Ralph Brown (1986–1989)
• Marie Atkins (1989–2003)
• Desmond McKenzie (2003–2012)
• Angela Brown-Burke (2012–2016)
• Delroy Williams (2016–2024 )
• Andrew Swaby (2024–Present 2026 )

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