title: Peter Heywood (governor)
text: # Peter Heywood (governor)
  
  Peter Heywood was Governor of Jamaica from 1716–1718.
  
  In 1699, Heywood was a Director of the Bath of St. Thomas the Apostle. He was Chief Justice of Jamaica in 1703 and 1714-15. A plantation owner, he succeeded Lord Archibald Hamilton as governor, and was succeeded by Nicholas Lawes.
  
  From 1716–1717, Thomas Pitt was Governor of Jamaica; however, he resigned the post without having visited the colony.
  
  