John Ayscough

For the British writer and Roman Catholic priest, see Francis Bickerstaffe-Drew.

John Ayscough (died 1735) was Chief Justice of Jamaica in 1724.^[1]

Ayscough also served as Acting Governor of the Colony of Jamaica from 1726-8 and 1734-5, when the island was embroiled in fighting the Maroons in the First Maroon War. He was unsuccessful in his attempts to subdue the Jamaican Maroons. He died in 1735, during his second term as acting governor.^[2]

References

1. Cundall, Frank. (1915) Historic Jamaica. London: Institute of Jamaica. pp. xviii-xix.
2. Carey, Bev (1997). The Maroon Story: The Authentic and Original History of the Maroons in the History of Jamaica 1490–1880. Kingston, Jamaica: Agouti Press, pp. 257-314.