Roger Hope Elletson returned to Jamaica and is recorded as the owner of an estate called "Merrymans Hill" in
St Andrew,
Jamaica, which spanned 600 acres. By 1753, he owned 93 slaves. In the 1760s his brother and his mother died, leaving him in possession of the Hope Estate. He also pursued a political career and was elected as a Member of the
House of Assembly for
Port Royal. Then in 1757, he was appointed to the Royal Council. Elletson served as
Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica from 1767 to 1768. Elletson died when on a visit to
Bath,
England in 1775. He was survived by his wife
Anna, who inherited the Hope Estate and married in 1777
James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos. ==References==