Who had a hilltop retreat in Jamaica called Firefly?
"lawn that was once a lookout for Henry Morgan, then converted to a bar by Sir Noël, is now a gift shop and restaurant. On one of Firefly's walls is written his last poem. It begins:<br> ""When I have fears, as Keats had fears,""<br> ""Of the moment I'll cease to be,""<br> ""I console myself with vanished years,""<br> ""Remembered laughter, remembered tears,""<br> ""And the peace of the changing sea."" Firefly Estate Firefly Estate, located east of Oracabessa, Jamaica, is the burial place of Sir Noël Coward and his former vacation home. It is now listed as a National Heritage Site by"
"small parcels to the original estate to reach a current total of . As it grew, he also added various cottages and huts around an inner lagoon sandwiched between James Bond Beach and Low Cay Beach. In the late 1980s, he formed the Island Outpost Company and opened the property as a small hotel. Rather than a traditional hotel, Goldeneye resort is a compound of tropical buildings, gardens and private beaches. It closed in 2007 for major additions and renovations, and reopened in December 2010. Fleming's Goldeneye became the social epicenter of Jamaica's north coast along with nearby Firefly owned"
"Strawberry Hill (hotel) Strawberry Hill is a Jamaican Hotel located in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. It is owned by Chris Blackwell, a philanthropist and entertainment entrepreneur who founded Island Records, Palm Pictures and Island Outpost, a company that owns and operates his boutique hotels. Strawberry Hill was named by its former owner Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, the son of Prime Minister Robert Walpole and cousin of Admiral Lord Nelson. The Royal Family granted Horace the Blue Mountain property in the Crown Colony of Jamaica, in 1780. The Earl discovered that the property’s elevation was ideal for growing"
"Golden Clouds Golden Clouds was the name given by Ruth Bryan Owen, the first female US ambassador, to her house in Oracabessa, Jamaica. It is situated between Goldeneye, where Ian Fleming wrote many of the James Bond novels, and Noël Coward's Firefly Estate. The award-winning ocean front 12-bedroom estate is on of manicured lawn and gardens with over of shoreline and its own private beach. Ambassador Owen purchased the property in 1911 from Chris Blackwell's grandfather, Percival Henriques Lindo, whose family owned the J. Wray and Nephew Ltd. distillery along with several thousand acres of real estate in the Oracabessa"
"house increasingly burdensome, Coward writing to Lawrence Olivier in 1957; ""Goldenhurst (five gardeners all year round, lighting, heat etc.) was costing a fortune."" He therefore sold the house, and his London home in Gerald Road, in 1956 and moved abroad for tax reasons, dividing his time between Les Avants in Switzerland and, firstly Bermuda, and then Firefly, his home in Jamaica. The house is timber-framed, of brick and Kentish ragstone, with a tiled roof. Now sub-divided again, part of the house is home to the comedian and novelist Julian Clary. The gardens of Goldenhurst were featured in the 2017 book"
"Sandstone Retreat Sandstone Retreat, officially the Sandstone Foundation for Community Systems Research, was a clothing-optional, open sexuality resort for swingers located at Sandstone Ranch, a estate in the Santa Monica Mountains overlooking Malibu and the Pacific Ocean. The community’s beginnings are based on the philosophical ideals of John (July 31, 1932 – March 24, 2013) and Barbara Williamson. John was an engineer by training, and a former project manager with Lockheed Aircraft who worked on the design and management of missile support systems, including development of the Polaris missile. In the early 1960s, he opened his own electronics company, but"
"Round Hill Hotel and Villas The historic Round Hill hotel and villa resort near Montego Bay in Hopewell, Hanover, Jamaica opened in 1952. It is located on a peninsula that was originally a sugar plantation and subsequently changed to coconuts and allspice. It has entertained many celebrities and politicians including John F. Kennedy, Ralph Lauren, Paul Newman and Bob Hope. Ian Fleming was a frequent guest at Round Hill during his time in Jamaica. Round Hill was conceived by John Pringle as a private haven for celebrities. Twenty-nine acres of the estate's land were set aside for the resort. Investors"
"Ruffle Bar Ruffle Bar is a island located in Jamaica Bay in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City, off the coast of Canarsie. The island is part of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, and lies just east of the former Barren Island, where Floyd Bennett Field is now located. One of the early inhabitants of Ruffle Bar was Jacob Skidmore, who built a house on the island. In 1842, Skidmore moved his house and family to Barren Island. Skidmore had disassembled his house piece-by-piece. According to one story, a storm blew his disassembled ceiling across the bay to"
"the hotel in the summer of 1966. Round Hill Hotel and Villas The historic Round Hill hotel and villa resort near Montego Bay in Hopewell, Hanover, Jamaica opened in 1952. It is located on a peninsula that was originally a sugar plantation and subsequently changed to coconuts and allspice. It has entertained many celebrities and politicians including John F. Kennedy, Ralph Lauren, Paul Newman and Bob Hope. Ian Fleming was a frequent guest at Round Hill during his time in Jamaica. Round Hill was conceived by John Pringle as a private haven for celebrities. Twenty-nine acres of the estate's land"
"performance."" Coward's biographer, Philip Hoare, wrote, ""Graham disproved his partner's assessment of himself as 'an illiterate little sod' by publishing his memoir and by managing the Coward estate. He was a generous, uncomplicated man, and he will be missed by his many friends."" In 1988, 15 years after Coward's death, Payn, who ""hadn't the heart to use it again"", gave their Jamaican home, the Firefly Estate, to the Jamaica National Heritage Trust. He retained their other home in Switzerland, where he died in 2005, aged 87. Payn wrote ""Noël Coward and His Friends"" (1979) with Sheridan Morley and Cole Lesley,"
"Winthrop Rockefeller, Elizabeth Taylor, Lady Bird Johnson, Grace Kelly and Errol Flynn. Hills Galleries was also the main agent for Rowney's, Grumbacher and Winsor & Newton art supplies in the West Indies. Through multiple exhibitions, the Hillses nurtured or launched the careers of a plethora of talented Jamaican artists, such as Gaston Tabois, Kenneth Abendana Spencer, Carl Abrahams, Barrington Watson, Albert Huie, Gloria Escoffery, Karl Parboosingh, Vernon Tong and the revivalist preacher/painter/sculptor Mallica Reynolds. Christopher Hills opened a Hills Galleries branch on Jamaica's north coast at Montego Bay, mooring his yacht, the ""Robanne"" at Round Hill, a popular resort for"
"The Enchanted Gardens, Jamaica The Enchanted Gardens is a resort near Ocho Rios in St. Ann, Jamaica. It is located in a natural river gorge with 14 waterfalls on of land. There is a nature walk with a wide variety of local plants and jungle like atmosphere. There is also an exotic aviary featuring rare birds, scenic ponds and a seawater aquarium. The resort was originally owned by former Prime Minister Edward Seaga. It was forced to close shortly after 9-11 because of debt and tax issues. An injunction barring the sale of the Enchanted Gardens was lifted in September"
"Rose Hall, Montego Bay Rose Hall is a Georgian mansion in Montego Bay, Jamaica, noted for the legend of the White Witch of Rose Hall. Rose Hall is widely regarded to be a visually impressive house and the most famous in Jamaica. It is a mansion in Jamaican Georgian style with a stone base and a plastered upper storey, high on the hillside, with a panorama view over the coast. It was built in the 1770s at a cost of about £30,000 and subsequently became the property of John Palmer. Hakewill visited the building and wrote: Rose Hall was restored"
"for mixed criteria (cultural and natural) in 2015. Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park is a national park in Jamaica. The park covers 495.2 km and accounts for 4.5% of Jamaica's land surface. The park is globally known for its biodiversity. This park is the last of two known habitats of the giant swallowtail butterfly (""Papilio homerus""), the largest butterfly in the Western Hemisphere and also the habitat for the endangered Jamaican blackbird (""Neospar nigerrimus""), a refuge for the Jamaican boa (""Epicrates subflavus"") and the Jamaican hutia (""Geocapromys brownii""). The park was"
"attempt to conjure Annie's spirit. Rose Hall, Montego Bay Rose Hall is a Georgian mansion in Montego Bay, Jamaica, noted for the legend of the White Witch of Rose Hall. Rose Hall is widely regarded to be a visually impressive house and the most famous in Jamaica. It is a mansion in Jamaican Georgian style with a stone base and a plastered upper storey, high on the hillside, with a panorama view over the coast. It was built in the 1770s at a cost of about £30,000 and subsequently became the property of John Palmer. Hakewill visited the building and"
"Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park is a national park in Jamaica. The park covers 495.2 km and accounts for 4.5% of Jamaica's land surface. The park is globally known for its biodiversity. This park is the last of two known habitats of the giant swallowtail butterfly (""Papilio homerus""), the largest butterfly in the Western Hemisphere and also the habitat for the endangered Jamaican blackbird (""Neospar nigerrimus""), a refuge for the Jamaican boa (""Epicrates subflavus"") and the Jamaican hutia (""Geocapromys brownii""). The park was inscribed to be a UNESCO World Heritage Site"
"Goldeneye (estate) Goldeneye is the original name of James Bond novelist Ian Fleming's estate on Oracabessa bay on the northern coastline of Jamaica. He purchased a patch of land of adjacent to the renowned Golden Clouds estate in 1946 and built his home on the edge of a cliff overlooking a private beach. Constructed from Fleming's sketch, the three-bedroom structure was fitted with wooden jalousie windows and a swimming pool. Fleming's visitors at Goldeneye included actors, musicians and filmmakers. The property now operates as Goldeneye Hotel and Resort, an upmarket retreat consisting of Fleming's main house and several cottages. The"
"known as Bedarra Hideaway comprises an old 16 room resort that has not operated since 1991. Australian artist Noel Wood (1912–2001) visited the island in 1936 and negotiated the purchase of a site near the mangroves on one side of the peninsula. He was a colourful modernist, landscape artist and early conservationist managed the property and painted at East Bedarra for close to 60-years. Noel Wood named many of its picturesque locations including Melaleuca Beach, The Mangroves, Calophyllum Beach, Casurina Beach, Valley Beach, Orchid Beach, Tiki Beach and Hernandia Bay. This is confirmed by author James Porter a direct relative"
"of letters in ""The Times"" regarding Inspector Thomas's prior claim. The matter was settled by the Jamaican Surveyor-General, who decided that though Thomas had been the first to scale the highest peak, and explore the ridge in a north-south direction, Mr. Routledge had traversed the valley and further range beyond: and thus he first ""actually crossed them from west to east"". The John Crow Mountains are also home to the endangered ""Papilio"" homerus, the largest butterfly in the Americas. The most well-studied and understood populations of the dwindling species is found where the John Crow Mountains and Blue Mountains meet."
"Bradshaw, who re-buried his father's remains on a hill near Martha's Brae on Jamaica and marked the spot with a cannon. A location now known as ""Gun Hill"" is 2.5 miles south-west of the northern port city of Falmouth, in Trelawny Parish. One of the three men had children who removed to Highland County, Virginia. James Bradshaw acquired the land in Jamaica where his father's remains were buried. Several sources recorded an inscription with the cannon found on Gun Hill, Jamaica, and associate the quote that ""Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God"" to John Bradshaw. While some political philosophers"
"is said to be one of ""the UK's best-loved high points"". The hill features in an annual race held on New Year's Day that starts and finishes at Jamaica Inn, an old coaching inn made famous by Daphne du Maurier's 1936 novel of the same name. The hill is regarded as a sacred mountain by members of the Aetherius Society, a UFO religion founded in 1954 by George King. They believe that Brown Willy was charged with ""holy energy"" on 23 November, which they celebrate each year as ""Charging Day"", and gather at the hill on that day each year"
"was not in HMS Pandora. Captain Edward Edwards commanded the Pandora on its mission to capture and bring home the mutineers but the ship was wrecked on the way home with some loss of life...including some of the mutineers. Navy Island, Jamaica Navy Island is a small (64 acres) island off the coast of Port Antonio in Portland Parish, Jamaica, formerly owned by actor Errol Flynn. The island was once owned by movie pirate Errol Flynn and hosted many wild Hollywood parties. Until fairly recently, the Island has been maintained as a tourist resort and attraction, with a club bar,"
"donation required goes to the Oracabessa Foundation. Goldeneye (estate) Goldeneye is the original name of James Bond novelist Ian Fleming's estate on Oracabessa bay on the northern coastline of Jamaica. He purchased a patch of land of adjacent to the renowned Golden Clouds estate in 1946 and built his home on the edge of a cliff overlooking a private beach. Constructed from Fleming's sketch, the three-bedroom structure was fitted with wooden jalousie windows and a swimming pool. Fleming's visitors at Goldeneye included actors, musicians and filmmakers. The property now operates as Goldeneye Hotel and Resort, an upmarket retreat consisting of"
"Yosemite Firefall The Yosemite Firefall was a summer time event that began in 1872 and continued for almost a century, in which burning hot embers were spilled from the top of Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park to the valley 3,000 feet below. From a distance it appeared as a glowing waterfall. The owners of the Glacier Point Hotel conducted the firefall. History has it that David Curry, founder of Camp Curry, would stand at the base of the fall, and yell ""Let the fire fall,"" each night as a signal to start pushing the embers over. The Firefall ended"
"as a resort is featured in Ian Fleming's 1965 novel ""The Man with the Golden Gun"". One of the schemes of the novel's antagonist Francisco Scaramanga was to open a hotel called the ""Thunderbird"" on the beach. It is mentioned in the lyrics of the song, ""Sunspot Baby"", on Bob Seger's 1976 album ""Night Moves."" Author and activist B. Denham Jolly was born in Negril. Negril Negril is a small (pop. 6,900) but widely dispersed beach resort town located across parts of two Jamaican parishes, Westmoreland and Hanover. Negril is about an hour and fifteen minute drive on the coastal"
"the precipice. Water was always a problem at Glacier Point. Some summers the hotel was closed in August due to insufficient water. Yosemite Firefall The Yosemite Firefall was a summer time event that began in 1872 and continued for almost a century, in which burning hot embers were spilled from the top of Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park to the valley 3,000 feet below. From a distance it appeared as a glowing waterfall. The owners of the Glacier Point Hotel conducted the firefall. History has it that David Curry, founder of Camp Curry, would stand at the base of"
"Moonhole Moonhole is a private community on the island of Bequia (Bek-way) in the Grenadines. Moonhole derives its name from a massive arch formed in volcanic substrate through which the setting moon is sometimes visible. Founded by Thomas and Gladys Johnston in the 1960s, Moonhole is now a private nature preserve. In the late 1960s, the Johnstons retired from the advertising business in New York and founded the Moonhole community on the narrow western tip of the island. Tom and ""Gladdie"" began building a house beneath the arch with the aid of local masons from the nearby village of Paget"
"Up-Park Camp Up-Park Camp (often Up Park Camp) was the headquarters of the British Army in Jamaica from the late 18th century to independence in 1962. From that date, it has been the headquarters of the Jamaica Defence Force. It is located in the heart of Kingston. There is a heliport there which is used by the Jamaica Defence Force. The mortality rate of British soldiers in Jamaica was very high, particular as a result of yellow fever. A estate known as Up Park Pen was purchased by the War Department in 1784, to set up barracks. However, the mortality"
"statesman, being knighted for his service. Many of James Phillippo’s descendents live in Jamaica. Among them is a great-great grandson, noted author Colin Simpson. He owns the historic Golden Clouds villa in Oracabessa. James Phillippo James Phillippo (1798, Norfolk, England – 11 May 1879, Spanish Town, Jamaica) was an English Baptist missionary in Jamaica who campaigned for the abolition of slavery. He served in Jamaica from 1823 to his death, with some periods lobbying in England for funds to support his work on the island. He led the founding of several Free Villages, having gained funds to grant freedmen and"
"Rifles, but it was burned down by Mau Mau fighters on 27 May 1954. Walker built a bigger hotel at the same location in 1957, and business prospered - encouraged by public interest in the accession of Elizabeth II some years earlier. His hotel business was featured in ""National Geographic"" magazine, and famous celebrities, including Charles Chaplin and Paul McCartney, visited the hotel. Walker also wrote a book about his life in Kenya, named ""Treetops Hotel"". The famous hunter Jim Corbett moved to Kenya after the Independence of India, took up residence at the Outspan, and became a resident hunter"
"Ferncliff Forest Ferncliff Forest is a old-growth forest preserve of deciduous and hemlock trees located in Rhinebeck, a town in the northern part of Dutchess County, New York, USA. The property was bought by John Jacob Astor IV in 1900 and remained in the Astor family until 1963, when it was donated as a forest preserve and game refuge. The preserve is maintained by Ferncliff Forest LLC, a private, non-profit organization. Towers on the property were used for map-making, surveillance for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's home during World War II, as well as recreational sight-seeing. Visitors can camp and hike"
"long owned Goldeneye in Oracabessa, the previous home of Ian Fleming, where the author wrote all the James Bond books. Until his death, Fleming was the longtime lover of Blackwell's mother, Blanche. Blackwell developed the property into a community of villas and beach cottages, each with its own private access to the sea, and Goldeneye is considered the most exclusive of the Island Outpost resorts. Blackwell currently runs Island Outpost, which he set up to operate and market a group of elite resorts in Jamaica, including Strawberry Hill in the Blue Mountains (where Marley recovered after being shot in 1976),"
"Navy Island, Jamaica Navy Island is a small (64 acres) island off the coast of Port Antonio in Portland Parish, Jamaica, formerly owned by actor Errol Flynn. The island was once owned by movie pirate Errol Flynn and hosted many wild Hollywood parties. Until fairly recently, the Island has been maintained as a tourist resort and attraction, with a club bar, beaches, water sports facilities, marina, wedding chapel and African style cottages. Originally the island was given to Governor Lynch of Jamaica for services to the Crown and named, ""Lynch's Island"". Subsequently, it was used by the Royal Navy (hence"