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  2. List of people who have received a state funeral - Wikipedia

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    1921 Juhani Aho, author, the first person honoured with a state funeral in Finland. 1926 Eino Leino, author and poet. 1941 Kyösti Kallio, the 4th President of Finland. 1944 Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, the 3rd President of Finland. 1947 Vera Hjelt, member of Parliament, pioneer of work safety in Finland.

  3. Chad Blackman - Wikipedia

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    Chad Blackman born in October 1982, is a Barbadian politician and former diplomat. He was appointed to the Senate of Barbados by the Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Amor Mottley, as well as Minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Investment on January 8, 2024. He served as the Senior Advisor to the Director-General of the International ...

  4. Mia Mottley - Wikipedia

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    Mia Amor Mottley, SC, MP [2] (born 1 October 1965) is a Barbadian politician and attorney who has served as the eighth prime minister of Barbados since 2018 and as Leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) since 2008. Mottley is the first woman to hold either position. She is also Barbados' first prime minister under its republican system ...

  5. Hugh Gordon Cummins - Wikipedia

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    Queen's University. Occupation. Doctor. Dr. Hugh Gordon Hylvestra Cummins (2 February 1891 [1] – 26 October 1970) [2] was a Barbadian politician. He served as Premier of Barbados from 17 April 1958 to 8 December 1961 and was a member of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP). In 1919, Dr. Cummins graduated from Queen's Faculty of Medicine where he ...

  6. Leverton & Sons - Wikipedia

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    Leverton & Sons Ltd. Leverton & Sons Ltd is an independent family-run firm of funeral directors in Camden, London and the current funeral directors to the Royal Household. Established in 1789, the firm has been based in Camden for more than 200 years. Leverton & Sons arrange around 1,000 funerals a year and past funerals have included those of ...

  7. Grantley Herbert Adams - Wikipedia

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    Grantley Herbert Adams. Sir Grantley Herbert Adams, CMG, QC (28 April 1898 – 28 November 1971) was a Barbadian politician. He served as the inaugural premier of Barbados from 1953 to 1958 and then became the first and only prime minister of the West Indies Federation from 1958 to 1962. He was a founder of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP), [1 ...

  8. Funeral director - Wikipedia

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    A funeral director, also known as an undertaker or mortician ( American English ), is a professional who has licences in funeral arranging and embalming (or preparation of the deceased) involved in the business of funeral rites. These tasks often entail the embalming and burial or cremation of the dead, as well as the arrangements for the ...

  9. Sandra Mason - Wikipedia

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    diplomat. Dame Sandra Prunella Mason FB GCMG DA SC (born 17 January 1949) is a Barbadian politician, lawyer, and diplomat who is serving as the first president of Barbados since 2021. She was previously the eighth and final governor-general of Barbados from 2018 to 2021, the second woman to hold the office. On 20 October 2021, Mason was elected ...