Jump to content

Elliott Belgrave: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
Updated infobox.
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[His Excellency]] Sir
| honorific-prefix = [[His Excellency]] [[Sir]]
| honorific-suffix = [[Order of St Michael and St George|GCMG]] [[Order of Barbados|KA CHB]] [[Queen's Counsel|QC]]
| honorific-suffix = [[Order of St Michael and St George|GCMG]] [[Knight or Dame of St Andrew|KA]] [[Order of Barbados|CHB]] [[Queen's Counsel|QC]]
| office = 7th [[Governor-General of Barbados]]
| office = 7th [[Governor-General of Barbados]]
| monarch = [[Elizabeth II]]
| monarch = [[Elizabeth II]]
Line 20: Line 20:
| caption = Belgrave in 2016
| caption = Belgrave in 2016
}}
}}
'''Sir Elliott Fitzroy Belgrave''',<ref>[http://www.nationnews.com/articles/view/governor-general-sworn-in/ Governor General sworn in]</ref> [[Order of St Michael and St George|GCMG]], [[Order of Barbados|KA]], [[Companion of Honour of Barbados|CHB]], [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] (born 16 March 1931)<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=U0QSAQAAIAAJ&q=Elliott+Fitzroy+Belgrave+March+16,+1931&dq=Elliott+Fitzroy+Belgrave+March+16,+1931&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi3woKa3-ThAhUJwMQBHcrcAfcQ6AEIJzAB Profile of Elliott Fitzroy Belgrave]</ref><ref>http://www.rulers.org/indexb2.html</ref> is a retired [[Barbados|Barbadian]] High Court Judge<ref>'Elliott Belgrave is acting GG', Barbados Daily Nation, November 2, 2011</ref> 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 retirement of [[Clifford Husbands]]).<ref>http://rulers.org/rulb1.html#barbados</ref> 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<ref>[http://www.nationnews.com/articles/view/justice-sandra-mason-acting-gg/ Justice Sandra Mason acting GG]</ref> pending Belgrave's preparation for his own [[oath]]-taking ceremony on 1 June.<ref>[http://www.barbadosadvocate.com/newsitem.asp?more=local&NewsID=25066 New Governor General sworn in] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219151935/http://www.barbadosadvocate.com/newsitem.asp?more=local&NewsID=25066 |date=2014-02-19 }}</ref>
'''Sir Elliott Fitzroy Belgrave''',<ref>[http://www.nationnews.com/articles/view/governor-general-sworn-in/ Governor General sworn in]</ref> [[Order of St Michael and St George|GCMG]], [[Knight or Dame of St Andrew|KA]], [[Companion of Honour of Barbados|CHB]], [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] (born 16 March 1931)<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=U0QSAQAAIAAJ&q=Elliott+Fitzroy+Belgrave+March+16,+1931&dq=Elliott+Fitzroy+Belgrave+March+16,+1931&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi3woKa3-ThAhUJwMQBHcrcAfcQ6AEIJzAB Profile of Elliott Fitzroy Belgrave]</ref><ref>http://www.rulers.org/indexb2.html</ref> is a retired [[Barbados|Barbadian]] High Court Judge<ref>'Elliott Belgrave is acting GG', Barbados Daily Nation, November 2, 2011</ref> 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 retirement of [[Clifford Husbands]]).<ref>http://rulers.org/rulb1.html#barbados</ref> 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<ref>[http://www.nationnews.com/articles/view/justice-sandra-mason-acting-gg/ Justice Sandra Mason acting GG]</ref> pending Belgrave's preparation for his own [[oath]]-taking ceremony on 1 June.<ref>[http://www.barbadosadvocate.com/newsitem.asp?more=local&NewsID=25066 New Governor General sworn in] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219151935/http://www.barbadosadvocate.com/newsitem.asp?more=local&NewsID=25066 |date=2014-02-19 }}</ref>


==Education and career==
==Education and career==

Revision as of 01:21, 1 December 2021

His Excellency Sir
Elliott Belgrave
GCMG KA CHB QC
Belgrave in 2016
7th Governor-General of Barbados
In office
1 June 2012 – 30 June 2017
Acting: 1 November 2011 – 30 May 2012
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterFreundel Stuart
Preceded byClifford Husbands
Succeeded byPhilip Greaves (acting)
Personal details
Born
Elliott Fitzroy Belgrave

(1931-03-16) 16 March 1931 (age 93)
Boscobel, British Windward Islands (present day Barbados)
SpouseLoretta Belgrave
Children1 daughter
Alma materUniversity College London
Darwin College, Cambridge

Sir Elliott Fitzroy Belgrave,[1] GCMG, KA, CHB, QC (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 retirement 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

Belgrade 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]

Private life

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]

Honours

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.

References

  1. ^ Governor General sworn in
  2. ^ Profile of Elliott Fitzroy Belgrave
  3. ^ http://www.rulers.org/indexb2.html
  4. ^ 'Elliott Belgrave is acting GG', Barbados Daily Nation, November 2, 2011
  5. ^ http://rulers.org/rulb1.html#barbados
  6. ^ Justice Sandra Mason acting GG
  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
  10. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-07-22. Retrieved 2012-02-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ "GG speaks on Barbados' development". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  12. ^ GG to retire next year
  13. ^ Over to Sir Elliott
  14. ^ First family
  15. ^ See reports here.
  16. ^ "No. 60166". The London Gazette. 8 June 2012. p. 1.
  • Photo, Barbados Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation
  • Barbados, Worldstatesmen
Political offices
Preceded by Governor General of Barbados
2012–2017 		Succeeded by
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Elliott_Belgrave&oldid=1058029073"