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  2. Sir John Alleyne, 1st Baronet - Wikipedia

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    Alleyne descended from the first settlers on Barbados and was born at St James as the second son of John Alleyne and his wife Mary Terrill, daughter of William Terrill. [1] On 19 October 1746 at St James Church, Barbados, he married Cristen Dottin, fourth daughter of Anne Jordan Dottin and Joseph Dottin, with whom he had a son. [2]

  3. List of plantations in Barbados - Wikipedia

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    Christ Church. 384. Once owned by the Balls family, by 1913 it passed to the Yearwoods before finally becoming the home of the Barbados Horticultural Society. Brighton Plantation. St. George. 393. Once owned by George Clarke Pile, today it is still owned by the Pile family. Byde Mill Plantation House. St. George.

  4. Errol Barrow - Wikipedia

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    Errol Walton Barrow was born on 21 January 1920 in Saint Lucy, Barbados, the fourth of five children born to the Rev. Reginald Grant Barrow (1889–1980) and his wife Ruth Albertha (née O'Neal) (1884–1939). Ruth was the daughter of a prosperous blacksmith whose success allowed him to purchase the plantation at Saint Lucy, where Errol would ...

  5. Charles Fort (Barbados) - Wikipedia

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    Charles Fort (Barbados) / 13.0789; -59.6127. Charles Fort (originally Needham's Fort) is a historic military fortification and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bridgetown, Barbados. It was originally built in 1650, and rebuilt in 1811. [1] It is located at Needham's Point on the southwestern side of the island, overlooking Carlisle Bay. [2]

  6. Nita Barrow - Wikipedia

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    Bridgetown, Barbados. Alma mater. University of Toronto. Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, GCMG DA (15 November 1916 – 19 December 1995) [1] was the first female governor-general of Barbados. [2] Barrow was a nurse and a public health servant from Barbados. She served as the fifth governor-general of Barbados from 6 June 1990 until her death on 19 ...

  7. History of Barbados - Wikipedia

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    The island was an English and later a British colony from 1625 until 1966. Sugar cane cultivation in Barbados began in the 1640s, which saw the increasing importation of black slaves from West Africa. Several black slave codes were implemented in the late-17th century which resulted in several slave rebellion attempts, however none was ...

  8. Ice Records - Wikipedia

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    Ice Records is a record label based in Barbados owned by musician Eddy Grant. In addition to Grant's music, the label also seeks "to record, promote and market classic calypso, soca and ringbang (Grant's fusion of various Caribbean music forms)." [1] Ice Records lays claim to owning the largest catalog of Caribbean music in the world.

  9. Battle off Barbados - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Barbados was fought in March 1778 during the American Revolutionary War. While escorting a fleet of American ships in the West Indies, the frigate USS Randolph was attacked by the British ship-of-the-line HMS Yarmouth. The following action resulted in America's most costly naval defeat, in terms of human lives, until the sinking ...

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