Vice Regal Group (Governor's residence in St Andrew Hills)

Vice Regal Group

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Title:

Vice Regal Group (Governor's residence in St Andrew Hills)

 

Date:

1891

 
 

Origin:

Dr J Johnson

 
 

Information:

A photograph of the Vice Regal group at the summer house built for the Governors of Jamaica in St Andrews Hills in the Blue Mountains area. The governor at this time was Sir Henry Blake. The British colonies included the islands of Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago.

Today, it is known as Craighton House and is now an important heritage site and a working coffee estate owned by a Japanese company.