Jamaica - Kings House, Kingston
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Jamaica - Kings House, Kingston
Slide showing a photograph of Kings House (also known as Government House) is the official residence of the Governor-General of Jamaica, who represents the Jamaican Monarch, and head of state. When Kingston became the capital of Jamaica in 1872, a new official residence (called Kings House) was constructed at the former home of the Anglican Lord Bishop of the Diocese of Jamaica. This house was destroyed by an earthquake in 1907. Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the south-eastern coast of the island facing a natural harbour. The city was established in 1692.. Part of Box 108. Boswell Collection. Slide number 19. Jamaica, officially the Commonwealth of Jamaica, is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, situated in the Caribbean Sea. Jamaica is south of Cuba and west of Hispaniola, the island containing the nation-states of Haiti and the Dominican Republic in the West Indies. Date: circa 1913
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© The Boswell Collection, Bexley Heritage Trust / Mary Evans
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