HON. EDWARD PRATTER, who died in 1735, aged 52, was member of the Assembly for Hanover in 1723–24 (he and John Morant being the first members for that parish) and for Kingston in 1726–27, 1731, and 1732–33. He was receiver-general, and also agent in Jamaica for the South Sea Company. Kingston Gardens, in Kingston, was formerly known as Pratter Pond. REV. WILLIAM MAY, born at Ash, in Kent, in 1695, was educated at St. John’s College, Cambridge, was commissary of Jamaica, and for thirty-two years rector of Kingston. He died in January 1753–54. His first wife was Smart Mary, daughter of Edward Pennant, of Clarendon, widow of Thomas Peters, member for Clarendon; his second wife was Bathusa, daughter of Florentius Vassall, of St. Elizabeth. His only surviving son, Rose Herring May, was a member of the Council and custos of Clarendon and Vere. EDWARD MANNING, who died in 1756, aged 46, was a member of the House of Assembly for Kingston in 1744, 1745–46, 1749 and 1752; and for Portland in 1754–55, in which year he was chosen speaker. He and his partner, James Ord (who also represented Kingston in the Assembly), were considered the principal merchants of the island in their day. In 1756 Manning was made a member of the Council. He was also custos of Kingston. His wife was Elizabeth, the only sister of Henry Moore, lieutenant-governor of Jamaica from 1756 to 1762, when he was created a baronet; he became governor of New York in 1765. Moore’s wife, Catherine Long (sister of the historian), gave her name to Catherine’s Peak, the highest point in St. Andrew, as she was the first lady to ascend it in 1760. Manning’s marriage with Elizabeth Moore was, after the taking of evidence, dissolved in 1739 by an Act of the legislature of the island, the co-respondent being Ballard Beckford (a member of the House of Assembly and a relation of the famous author of “Vathek”). This was the only Divorce Act ever passed in Jamaica, the Assembly being told they were not to pursue the same course again. The inscription on Manning’s monument is given below, as only an abbreviation is given by Lawrence-Archer: Near this monument Lies interred the Body of Edward Manning, Esq. One of the Honourable Privy Council Speaker of the Assembly And Custos Rotulorum of this Parish In which Stations he distinguished himself. A true patriot to his country, in Private life he was remarkable for Filial Duty Steady Friendship and kind Benevolence to the Distressed which with his affable Disposition gained him the Esteem of all who had the Pleasure of knowing him. He died greatly lamented December 6th 1756 aged 46 years.