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Elliott Belgrave

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Sir Elliott Belgrave

Belgrave in 2016

7th Governor-General of Barbados
In office
1 June 2012 – 30 June 2017
Acting: 1 November 2011 – 31 May 2012
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterFreundel Stuart
Preceded byClifford Husbands
Succeeded byPhilip Greaves (acting)
Personal details
BornElliott Fitzroy Belgrave
16 March 1931 (age 94)
SpouseLoretta Belgrave
Children1 daughter
Alma materUniversity College London
Darwin College, Cambridge

Sir Elliott Fitzroy Belgrave,[1] GCMG, KA, CHB, KStJ, SC (born 16 March 1931)[2][3] is a retired Barbadian High Court Judge[4] who served as the seventh governor-general of Barbados from 1 June 2012 to 30 June 2017. He previously served as Acting Governor-General from 1 November 2011 to 1 June 2012 (following the death of Clifford Husbands).[5] On 22 May 2012, the prime minister of Barbados announced that Belgrave would be appointed as the 7th Barbadian Governor-General of Queen Elizabeth II. In preparation, Justice Sandra Mason was appointed as acting Governor-General on 30 May 2012[6] pending Belgrave's preparation for his own oath-taking ceremony on 1 June.[7]

Education and career

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Belgrave is a graduate of University College London (LLB, 1962) and Cambridge (MPhil Criminology, 1979) from Darwin College, Cambridge.[8] He served as Director of Public Prosecutions in Barbados and as Judge of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal of Barbados.[9] He is a Queen's Counsel and was awarded the Companion of Honour of Barbados for his contribution to the legal system in Barbados.[10][11] In December 2016 it was reported that Belgrave was approaching personal retirement from the post of Governor-General.[12]

He is married to Loretta Belgrave,[13] and together they have a daughter named Susan Matheson.[14]

He is a Freemason, and a Past District Grand Master of the District Grand Lodge of Barbados (Scottish Constitution).[15]

He was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George on 8 June 2012.[16] He is a Companion of Honour of Barbados.

  1. ^ "Governor General sworn in". Archived from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  2. ^ Profile of Elliott Fitzroy Belgrave
  3. ^ "Index Bb-Bh".
  4. ^ 'Elliott Belgrave is acting GG', Barbados Daily Nation, November 2, 2011
  5. ^ "Countries Ba-Bo".
  6. ^ "Justice Sandra Mason acting GG". Archived from the original on 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  7. ^ New Governor General sworn in Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ ‘Belgrave, Sir Elliott (Fitzroy)’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017
  9. ^ "A humble Sir Elliott installed". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  10. ^ "ELLIOTT F. BELGRAVE | Randall D. Belgrave, Q.C." Archived from the original on 2013-07-22. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
  11. ^ "GG speaks on Barbados' development". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  12. ^ "GG to retire next year". Archived from the original on 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
  13. ^ Over to Sir Elliott[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ First family[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ See reports here.
  16. ^ "No. 60166". The London Gazette. 8 June 2012. p. 1.