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Sir John's Peak

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Sir John’s Peak, in the hills of Portland, is said to be 6,232 feet high, and is named after Sir John Peter Grant, Governor of Jamaica from 1866 to 1874.

 

He was said to have been one of the most able reforming governors, some of his reforms being a unified police force, a Government Savings Bank, an island medical service, and the setting up of district courts throughout the island.

 

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