Hanover (capital Lucea), is a parish

Parish

A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

 located on the northwestern tip of the island of Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

. It is a part of the county

County

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 of Cornwall

Cornwall, Jamaica

Cornwall is the westernmost of the three historic counties into which Jamaica is divided. It has no current-day administrative significance. It includes Montego Bay, the island's second largest city by area.The county of Cornwall is shown in green...

, bordered by St. James in the east, and Westmoreland in the south. With the exception of Kingston, it is the smallest parish on the island

Island

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. Hanover is the birth parish of The Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante

Alexander Bustamante

Sir William Alexander Clarke Bustamante GBE, National Hero of Jamaica was a Jamaican politician and labour leader....

, one of Jamaica's seven National Heroes.
Hanover was established on November 12, 1723, and given the family name

Family name

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 of the British

Kingdom of Great Britain

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 monarch

Monarchy of the United Kingdom

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, George I

George I of Great Britain

George I was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 until his death, and ruler of the Duchy and Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg in the Holy Roman Empire from 1698....

 who was from the House of Hanover

House of Hanover

The House of Hanover is a deposed German royal dynasty which has ruled the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg , the Kingdom of Hanover, the Kingdom of Great Britain, the Kingdom of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...

 in Germany

Germany

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