JAMAICA SCHOLARS
EDUCATED AT JAMAICA COLLEGE
1884 Edward R. C. Earle
1889 Charles A. H. Thompson
1890 H. C. Jackson
1894 A. W. Levy
1898 G. S. Husband
1899 H. H. R. Bailey
1901 J. C. Sharp
1904 J. E. Sharp
1906 L. C. Levy
1908 William I. Escoffery
1913 George S. Escoffery
1915 George S. Escoffery
1917 C. E. Riddell
1918 Leslie E. Ashenheim
1929 Kenneth H. Ross
1935 Frederick R. Murray
1939 Michael G. Smith
1941 H. G. McDonald
1942 David H. Coore
1945 Richard K. McLaughlin
1946 Jacob B. Silverman
1950 Herbert A. Hall
1951 Haldane G. Coore
1952 Thomas R. Theobalds
1968 Charles Mills (also won Commonwealth and University of Toronto Scholarships)
1987 Audley Hamm
1990 Patrick Anthony Bailey
RHODES SCHOLARS EDUCATED AT JAMAICA COLLEGE
The College of Oxford University which the awardee attended is in brackets
| 1904 | MURRAY, Reginald Myrie M.B.E. (First award of Rhodes Scholarship in Jamaica) (Worcester). b. Mar 1883. Educ. Jamaica High School (precursor of Jamaica College),. Hon. Mods. (Maths) 2nd Cl. Maths. (F.H.S.) B.A. 3 rd Cl. Taught at Jamaica College 1907-17. Headmaster , Jamaica College 1933-42. M.B.E. (Mil.) d. 10 Oct 1963. |
| 1906 | WORLEY, Hugh Eames (Exeter). b. 21 Jul 1888 . Educ. Jamaica College . Hist. B.A. 2nd Cl. Taught in England . d. Jun 1958. |
| 1914 |
MANLEY, Norman
Washington (The Hon. Q.C.) (Jesus) b. 4 Jul 1893 . Educ. Jamaica College. B.C.L. 2nd B.A., Served in World War I with Royal Field Artillery, awarded Military Medal, Called to the Bar (Cert. of Honour), Gray’s Inn, England 1921. Practice of Law Jamaica 1922-1969. 1st Jamaican counsel to appear before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council U.K., Founder and President of People’s National Party, Member of House of Representatives 1949-1962 and Member of Parliament 1962-69, Chief Minister of Jamaica 1955-59. Premier of Jamaica, 1959-62. Hon. Fellow of Jesus College 1958, d. 2 Sep 1969 |
| 1917 |
MORALES,
Charles McLarty (Oriel). b. 4 April 1895 . Educ. Jamaica College. Hist. B.A. 3rd Cl. Dip. Ed. Grn. R.G.A. Insp. of School 1922-24. Examiner, Asst. Dir. Of Education 1944-50. Acting Dep. Dir. 1948-50. Played 1st Class cricket for Jamaica 1920’s. d.13 Dec 1967 |
| 1921 |
DICKENSON,
Walter Norman (Dr.) (Pembroke). b. 25 December 1897 . Educ. Jamaica College. Physiol. B.A. 3rd Cl. B.M., B. Ch., M.A. Hospital appointments in London 1927-9. Med. Practice, Jamaica 1929-1970. d. Nov 1971 |
| 1923 |
NETHERSOLE,
Noel Newton
(The Hon.) (Lincoln). b. 2 Nov 1903. Educ. Jamaica College. Read Law. Admitted to Practise as a Solicitor and practiced Law, Jamaica 1926-1959. Councillor, Kingston & St. Andrew Corporation 1940-47, Vice President People’s National Party. Mem. House of Representatives 1949-1959. Minister of Finance, 1955-59. d. 17 Mar 1959. |
| 1931 |
LINDO,
Henry Laurence (Sir) (Keble).b. 13 Aug 1911. Educ. Jamaica College. English Lang. And Lit. 3rd Cl. Insp. of Schools 1935-43. Asst. Information Officer. Jamaica 1939-433 Secretariat, Jamaica 1943-52. Administrator, Dominica, 1952-59. Acting Governor, Windward Islands 1957 and 1959. Governor’s Sec., Jamaica 1960-62.High Commissioner for Jamaica to United Kingdom 1962-74. Amb. to France 1966-74. Amb. to Federal Republic of Germany, 1967-70. d. May 1980. |
| 1935 |
FOWLER,
Henry Richmond
Harold C.D. (Worcester). b. 12 May 1915. Educ. Jamaica College. B.A.1938, M.A. Editor Public Opinion newspaper,1939-42. Founder and Headmaster, The Priory School 1944. Chairman, Little Theatre Movement, Education Assistance Grants Committee, T.V. Committee of JBC, Vice Chairman, Education Advisory Committee. d. 14 Feb 2007 |
| 1938 |
LEVY,
Roy
Denton Keith (Dr.) (St. John ‘s).b. 2 Apr 1919 . Educ. Jamaica College. B.A., B.M., B.Ch., L.M.C.C., M.A., C.C.F.P., M.R.C.P. Med. Practice, Jamaica 1948-74. Asst. Prof. Of Medicine, Dept. of Family Medicine, McMaster University Medical Centre, Ontario 1974. Council Mem. B.M.A. (Jamaica) 1958-59. Commander, Order of St. John of Jerusalem 1961. Order of St. John Knight of Grace 1971. Pres. Med. Association of Jamaica 1960. Chairman, Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme 1960-71. Pres. Rotary Club of Kingston 1964-65. Chairman, Jamaica/B.M.A. Medical Congress 1974. d. 3 Feb 1993 |
| 1946 |
ELLINGTON,
Eric Vivian (Dr.) (Hertford).b. 14 Sep 1923 . Educ. Jamaica College. Chem. (Pt. 1) 1949 Authentics.Sen. Sci. Master and Housemaster, Jamaica College 1949-53. Reasearch Fellow in Chem., Univ. Coll. Of W.I. 1953. Carnegie Research Fellowship, Trinity Hall, Camb. 1947-48. Ph. D. (Lond.) 1958. Lect., Univ. Coll. Of W.I.: Dept. of Biochem. 1960; Sen. Lect. Dept. Biochem. 1975-; Vice-Dean, Faculty of Medicine 1978-; Sec. Jamaican and British Caribbean Rhodes Scholp. 1972. d.1985. |
| 1951 |
HALL,
Stuart Henry McPhail (Prof.) (Merton).b. 3 Feb 1932 . Educ. Jamaica College, 2nd Cl. Eng. Lang. and Lit., Research for D. Phil.; L.T. for Univ. Ed., New Left Review 1960-61.Chelsea College of Science, Univ. of London, Dept. of Humanities, Lect. 1962-64.Birmingham Univ. School of English: Research Fellow, Centre for Contemp. Cult. Studies 1965; Asst. to Director 1966; Dep. Dir 1968; Acting Dir. 1970; Dir. 1970.Pres. O.U.W. Soc. Teaching in London; Prof of Sociology, Open Univ.- d. 10 Feb 2014 |
| 1960 |
CARNEGIE,
Arthur Ralph (Prof.) (Jesus).b. 11 Jun 1936. Educ. Jamaica College; Univ.Coll. Of the W. Indies 1956-59; Univ. London (Univ.Coll.) B.A. 1960. Jurispr. 1st Cl. M.A. Fellow and tutor in Law, Jesus 1964-70. Barrister-at-law (Gray’s Inn) 1965. Prf. Of Law, UWI 1970-2011. Visiting Scholar, Yale Law School 1980-81. d. Jan 2011 |
| 1962 |
ABRAHAMS,
Eric Anthony Hudson (St. Peter’s).b. 5 May 1940. Educ. Jamaica College; Univ. Coll. of the W. Indies, B.A. 1961. Read Law. Pres. of The Oxford Union 1964-65. Dir., Jamaica Tourist Board, Member of Parliament, Minister of Government and Senator, Jamaica. d. 7 Aug 2011 |
| 1965 |
FLETCHER,
Richard Douglas (Exeter).b. 30 Dec 1943. Univ. Coll. Of the W. Indies, B.Sc. 1963. Jurispr. 2nd Cl. Read for B. Phil.; Nuffield 1965-68, B.A., B. Phil.Int. Bank for Reconstruction and Development 1965-72. Special Asst. to PM of Jamaica 1972-73. Chmn., Sugar Industry Authority of Jamaica 1973-76. Minister of State for Planning 1977-80. Dep. Mgr, Econ.Integration, Int. Development Bank 1980-. |
| 1971 |
FRANKSON,
Geoffrey Boyce
(Dr.) (Keble).b: Oct 1946 , Educ. Jamaica College 1959-1964; St. John’s College, Belize 1964-5 Belize National Scholar, 1965; UWI 1965-70, MBBS (UWI), 1970 (Gold medal; Honours in Obstetrics and Gynaecology); BA (Hons) in Human Sciences, Oxford University, UK.,1973; Post graduate research, Oxford, 1974-1975; MA(Oxon), 1983, Medical Practice in Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago |
| 1975 | MORRISON, Cecil Dennis Harrington Q.C., O.J. (Mr. Justice) (Balliol).b. 1950. Educ. Jamaica College; Wolmers; Univ. of the W. Indies; Norman Manley Law School , B.A., L.L.B. admitted to practice Jamaica,1975. Practice of Law 1977-2004. Tutor,Norman Manley Law School 1978-1982. Associate Tutor, 1982-2004. Judge, Court of Appeal, Belize 2004-2015, Cayman Islands 2015-16 and Jamaica 2008-, President, Court of Appeal of Jamaica, 2016-2020 |
| 1991 | McKENZIE, Colin Andrew (Dr.) (Green) b. 1967 Degrees; MBBS Honors, DPhil; Senior Lecturer, Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, UWI . d.Oct 2018. |
OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED TO STUDENTS
EDUCATED AT JAMAICA COLLEGE SINCE 1936
Updated February 17, 2019
| 1934 | Winston G. Stuart | Jamaica Agricultural Scholarship |
| 1935 | Ivan D. Arscott | Jamaica Eighty Pound Scholarship |
| 1937 | Irving E. Johnstone | Jamaica Agricultural Scholarship |
| 1937 | Ronald G.F. Lampart | Jamaica Eighty Pound Scholarship |
| 1939 | Robert W. Butler | Jamaica Agricultural Scholarship |
| 1939 | Kenneth E. Ingram | Jamaica Eighty Pound Scholarship |
| 1939 | N.R. Gyles | W.I. Sugar Co. Scholarship |
| 1941 | Alton C. Ellington | Jamaica Centenary Scholarship. |
| 1944 | Gladstone E. Mills | Issa Scholarship |
| 1947 | Gerald O. DuSaire | C.D.W. (Colonial Development &.Welfare Empire Training Scheme) – Dentistry |
| 1948 | Eugene A. Ffolkes | Jamaica Agricultural Scholarship |
| 1949 | James H. B. Monteith | C.D.W. Liverpool U. Dentistry |
| 1949 | Warren S. Robinson | C.D W. McGill U. Dentistry |
| 1950 | Warren M. Forsythe | Jamaica Agricultural Scholarship |
| 1951 | Martin O. Dealy | Sandhurst College Military training |
| 1953 | Edward S. Redshaw | Jamaica Gov Scholarship for Agricultural Sciences |
| 1952 | Leo A. Lawson | Jamaica Centenary Scholarship |
| 1954 | Errol L. Beswick | Jamaica Agricultural Scholarship |
| 1957 | Dennis.C. Scott | U.W.I Teaching |
| 1957 | Christopher D. deMontagnac | Sandhurst College Military training |
| 1957 | Mortimer. A. Lewis | U.W.I. Cane Farmers’ Scholarship |
| 1957 | Harold Phillips | Ovaltine Scholarship |
| 1957 | Arthur G. Redshaw | Jamaica Agricultural Scholarship |
| 1958 | Robert Neish | Sandhurst College Military training |
| 1958 | K. Ainsley Henriques | Jamaica Agricultural Scholarship |
| 1959 | Peter Crooks | Engineering |
| 1959 | George A. Neita | UWI Teaching |
| 1960 | Noel H. Brown | Engineering |
| 1960 | Donald Keith Duncan | Dentistry |
| 1960 | Raymond A. McIntyre | Architecture |
| 1961 | Gorden E. Cohen | UWI Arts |
| 1961 | A. Dennis Goffe | UWI Arts |
| 1961 | Renn O. Holness | Medicine |
| 1961 | Winston A. Brown | Engineering |
| 1961 | Neil A. George | Dentistry |
| 1961 | Delf O. King | Engineering |
| 1961 | Peter C. V. King | UWI Arts |
| 1961 | Neville M. Lake | UWI Arts |
| 1961 | Garth S. Lampart | Engineering |
| 1961 | Patrick L. Robinson | UWI Arts |
| 1961 | John P. Ross | UWI Arts |
| 1962 | Dwight Anthony Lewis | Dentistry |
| 1962 | Michael Samms | Jamaica Gov. Scholarship Quantity Surveying |
| 1963 | Winston J. Hunter | Dentistry |
| 1963 | Roger F. J. Wilson | Gov of Canada Electronic Engineering |
| 1963 | Paul R. Valentine | Jamaica Agricultural Scholarship |
| 1964 | Orville D. Williams | Dentistry |
| 1964 | Trevor Golding | Medicine |
| 1965 | Michael McIntyre | Jamaica Gov. Scholarship Electrical Engineering |
| 1967 | Richard Rose | Sugar Manufacturer’s Ascn Mech Eng |
| 1968 | Charles Mills | Commonwealth Scholarship |
| 1968 | Charles Mills | University of Toronto Scholarship |
| 1971 | Peter Senior | Jamaica Gov. Exhibition Scholarship |
| 1972 | Charles V. Carneigie | Cornell University Scholar |
| 1974 | Peter Senior | UWI Scholarship |
| 1978 | Peter Senior | UWI Scholarship |
| 1982 | J. Richard Middleton | Ontario Graduate Scholarship (Philosophy) |
| 1984 | Ronald Emanuel | UWI Scholarship |
| 1987 | Gary Lawson-Boucher | Dean of U of Dentistry & Medicine N.J. Academic Excellence Scholarship |
| 1989 | Linval Jones | Medicine |
| 1992 | J. Richard Middleton | Gov. of Canada Social Sciences |
| 1992 | Neil Priel | Grace, Kennedy Scholarship |
| 1992 | G. Spencer | Princeton University |
| 1993 | Dwight Simon Day | Benjamin Franklin Society Award Scholarship at the American University of Paris |
| 2000 | Orane Blake | UWI Postgraduate Scholarship |
| 2003 | Orane Blake | Ross Fellowship, Purdue University |
| 2006 | Damion McIntosh | Fullbright Scholar |
| 2013 | Wayne Thorpe | Fullbright Scholar |
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CARLTON ALEXANDER SCHOLARS – For J.C. Graduates (since 1998)
| 1998 | Carlington Chevannes |
| 1999 | Chaluk Richards |
| 2001 | Dale Seaton |
| 2002 | (No award) |
| 2003 | Fabian White |
| 2004 | Franklyn Anderson |
| 2005 | Martin Nesbeth |
| 2006 | Jeffrey Brown |
| 2008 | Carlos Gordon |
| 2009 | Orville Weir |
| 2014 | Japheth Clarke |
CLAUDE DAVIS BURSARY AWARDS – For J.C. Graduates – 2012-2021
| 2012 | Steven Harrisingh |
| 2013 | Delroy Thorney |
| 2014 | Japheth Clarke (declined) |
| 2015 | (No award) |
| 2016 | Kevin Fraser |
| 2016 | Christopher Bennett (declined) |
| 2017 | Moses Estick |
| 2017 | Akeem Neil |
| 2018 | Kuwayne Campbell |
| 2019 | Jonroy Hewitt |
| 2019 | George Barnes |
| 2020 | No Award |
| 2021 | Daniel Palmer |