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Clennell Wilsden Wickham (21 September 1895 – 6 October 1938) was a radical West Indian journalist, editor of Barbadian newspaper The Herald and champion of black, working-class causes against the white planter oligarchy in colonial Barbados during the inter-war period, leading to the social unrest that triggered the Riots of 26 July 1937.
Raised in Albion Lodge No. 97, Albion, Indiana. [ 10 ] Robert Adair, 1st Baron Waveney (1811–1886), British politician [ 14 ] Robert Adam (1728–1792), Scottish architect [ 14 ] Alva Adams (1850–1922), three-time governor of Colorado. Member of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite (Southern Jurisdiction).
The Nation Publishing Co. Limited is the publisher of the Nation Newspaper, which is the dominant daily newspaper in the country of Barbados. Co-founded by Harold Hoyte and Fred Gollop, it was first established in 1973. [1] the Daily Nation is printed daily in colour and distributed at many points around the country.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. The following is a list of notable people who owned other people as slaves, where there is a consensus of historical evidence of slave ownership, in alphabetical order by last name. Part of a series on Forced labour and slavery Contemporary ...
Governors of Barbados (1627–1833) Henry Powell, 17 February 1627 – 1628. William Deane, 1628 – June 1628. Charles Wolferstone, June 1628 – 26 February 1629. John Powell, 26 February 1629 – 29 August 1629. Robert Wheatley, 29 August 1629 – September 1629, acting. Sir William Tufton, 21 December 1629 – 16 July 1630.
This is a partial list of notable people who were or are gay men, lesbian or bisexual.. The historical concept and definition of sexual orientation varies and has changed greatly over time; for example the general term "gay" wasn't used to describe sexual orientation until the mid 20th century.
Economist, diplomat. Sir Courtney Newlands McLaurin Blackman, KA (6 March 1933 – 16 March 2021) was a Barbadian economist, international business consultant, and diplomat. He served as the first Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados from 1972 to 1987. At the time of his appointment, he was the youngest central bank governor in the world.
Barbados (UK: / b ɑːr ˈ b eɪ d ɒ s / bar-BAY-doss; US: / b ɑːr ˈ b eɪ d oʊ s / bar-BAY-dohss; locally / b ɑːr ˈ b eɪ d ə s / bar-BAY-dəss) is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region next to North America and north of South America, and is the most easterly of the Caribbean islands.