Percival Henriques Lindo
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| The Honourable Percival Henriques Lindo | |
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| Born | 1877 Falmouth, Jamaica |
| 💀Died | 1946 Kingston, Jamaica1946 |
| 💼 Occupation | Merchant, Planter & Financier |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Hilda Violet Lindo |
| 👶 Children | Blanche Blackwell, Roy Lindo, Delores Ainley, Cecil Frederick Lindo |
| 👴 👵 Parents |
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| 👪 Relatives | The Lindo Family |
Early Life[edit]
Percival Henriques Lindo, nicknamed Percy was born on September 30, 1877, in Falmouth, Jamaica, to Frederick Lindo and Grace Morales. He was the youngest of eleven children.
Career[edit]
Costa Rica
He migrated to Costa Rica at age 13 to join his older brothers in business. The brothers had arrived to work for Minor Kieth, who was building a railroad from Limon to San Jose, but quickly went into business on their own as merchants and planters.[1] In 1907, the brothers purchased Juan Viñas, a vast sugar and coffee farm.[2]Soon they were the largest coffee exporter and responsible for 50% of the sugar produced in Costa Rica. In 1908, the brothers founded the Florida Ice and Farm Company.[3] By 1912, the Lindo Brothers, all working as one were the owners of the largest banana farm in the world, 30,000 acres producing five million stems, which was sold to United Fruit Company for $5,000,000 that year.[4][5]Soon after they became largest coffee and sugar producers in the country.[6][7]
Jamaica
In 1914, Lindo Bros. & Co. Ltd.[8] was formed in Jamaica. In 1915 the brothers began planting bananas in Jamaica in partnership with their cousins, the deLisser Brothers. In 1916 and 17 Lindo Bros & Co. bought Appleton Estate and J. Wray and Nephew Ltd.[9] In 1925 the Lindo Bros, in partnership with Allan Keeling, invested £1,000,000 in the establishment of the Bernard Lodge Central Sugar Factory. In 1928, the Lindo Bros sold 56,600 acres of land in Jamaica to the United Fruit Company for £2,000,000.[10] 1930, he was appointed as a Member of the Legislative Council by the Governor Edward Stubbs. In 1935 the brothers purchase Montpelier Estate & Wharf in St. James.[11] In 1939, Lindo Bros & Co. sold J. Wray and Nephew Ltd. and Appleton Estate to Percy Lindo.[12]
References[edit]
- ↑ Hill, Frank (1976). Bustamante and His Letters. Kingston Publishers. Search this book on
- ↑ Pan American Magazine. 1913. Search this book on
- ↑ Pan American Magazine. 1913. Search this book on
- ↑ Fisheries, United States Congress House Committee on Merchant Marine and (1913). Proceedings of the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries in the Investigation of Shipping Combinations Under House Resolution 587. U.S. Government Printing Office. Search this book on
- ↑ Delevante, Marilyn; Alberga, Anthony (2006). The Island of One People: An Account of the History of the Jews of Jamaica. Ian Randle. ISBN 978-976-637-212-5. Search this book on
- ↑ admin, Por (2017-04-27). "La casa de Cecilio Vernor Lindo". Guías Costa Rica (in español). Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ↑ Pan American Magazine. 1913. Search this book on
- ↑ Macmillan, Allister (1922). The Red Book of the West Indies: Historical and Descriptive, Commercial and Industrial, Facts, Figures, & Resources. W.H. & L. Collingridge. Search this book on
- ↑ Blackwell, Chris (2022-06-07). The Islander: My Life in Music and Beyond. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-9821-7269-5. Search this book on
- ↑ Post, K. (2012-12-06). Arise Ye Starvelings: The Jamaican Labour Rebellion of 1938 and its Aftermath. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-1-4613-4101-7. Search this book on
- ↑ Higman, B. W.; Aarons, George A.; Karklins, Karlis (1998). Montpelier, Jamaica: A Plantation Community in Slavery and Freedom, 1739-1912. Press University of the West Indies. ISBN 978-976-640-075-0. Search this book on
- ↑ Ranston, Jackie (2000). The Lindo Legacy. Toucan Books. ISBN 978-1-903435-00-7. Search this book on
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