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Peter Beckford

Governor of Jamaica (1643–1710)

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Peter Beckford

Governor of Jamaica (1643–1710)

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Colonel Peter Beckford was an English-born planter, merchant, militia officer and colonial administrator who served as the acting lieutenant-governor of Jamaica in 1702. A prominent member of the planter class in the English colony of Jamaica, by the time of his death Beckford had acquired ownership over 20 plantations, 1,200 slaves and earnt what historian Noel Deer described as "perhaps the greatest fortune ever made in planting."

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Occupation: judge
Position held: Governor of Jamaica
Born: 1643
Died: 1710

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Bridgett Beestonspouse Peter Beckfordchild Peter Beckford, of Jamaicafather Phillismother

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Peter Beckford: British politician · Jamaican politician (1673–1735)

Colonel Peter Beckford was an English-born planter, merchant, militia officer and colonial administrator who served as the acting lieutenant-governor of Jamaica in 1702. A prominent member of the planter class in the English colony of Jamaica, by the time of his death Beckford had acquired ownership over 20 plantations, 1,200 slaves and earnt what historian Noel Deer described as "perhaps the greatest fortune ever made in planting."

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Occupation: judge
Position held: Governor of Jamaica
Born: 1643
Died: 1710

Family

Bridgett Beestonspouse Peter Beckfordchild Peter Beckford, of Jamaicafather Phillismother