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    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...
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    dedicated posthumously in honour of the first Premier of Barbados, Sir Grantley Herbert Adams in 1976. The airport is in the Atlantic time zone (UTC−4:00) and...
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    only son of Sir Grantley Adams (a lawyer and the only Premier of the West Indies Federation) and Grace Adams (née Thorne), Tom Adams was educated at Harrison...
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    Party Founder Grantley Herbert Adams Political Leaders Grantley Herbert Adams (1938–58) Hugh Gordon Cummins (1958–61) Grantley Herbert Adams (1961–70) Harold...
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  • Former party leaders include Sir Grantley Adams, Dr. Hugh Gordon Cummins, Sir Harold Bernard St. John, Tom Adams, Sir Henry Forde and Professor Owen...
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  • the West Indies Federation. The WIFLP was organised by Norman Manley, Grantley Adams, V. C. Bird, Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, Joseph Nathaniel France, Eric...
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    Barbados Labour Party members of Parliament. In 1951 he together with Grantley Herbert Adams, Mencea Cox (Sir Mencea) and Frank Walcott (Rt. Excellent Sir Frank)...
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    being introduced in 1950. Prominent among these early activists was Grantley Herbert Adams, who helped found the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) in 1938. He became...
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    Excellent Charles Duncan O'Neal (1879–1936) The Right Excellent Sir Grantley Herbert Adams CMG, QC (1898–1971) The Right Excellent Clement Osbourne Payne (1904–1941)...
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  • Greg Adams Henry Adams Herbert Adams James Adams Jimmy Adams John Adams Joseph Adams Keith Adams Lee Adams Mark Adams Matthew Adams Michael Adams Mike...
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    Party Founder Grantley Herbert Adams Political Leaders Grantley Herbert Adams (1938–58) Hugh Gordon Cummins (1958–61) Grantley Herbert Adams (1961–70) Harold...
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    Barbados: the Bussa Emancipation Statue, a statue of Prime Minister Grantley Herbert Adams, and a statue of cricketer Garfield Sobers. Born in Georgetown,...
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    (1954 - ?) Sir Grantley Herbert Adams (30 November 1966 - December 1970) Harold Bernard St. John (December 1970 - 10 September 1971) Tom Adams (10 September...
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    and Tobago. WIFLP leader Grantley Adams of Barbados became Prime Minister. Following the elections, Grantley Herbert Adams of the WIFLP became Prime...
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    distancing himself from the "mendicant mentality" of his predecessors J. M. G. Adams and Bernard St. John. In his first press conference as Prime Minister he...
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    Took office Left office Time in office 1 The Right Excellent Sir Grantley Herbert Adams CMG QC MP for Saint Joseph (1898–1971) 1951 1 February 1954 17 April...
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    members and 4 DLP members. WIFLP leader Sir Grantley Adams of Barbados became Prime Minister. The selection of Adams as the Prime Minister was indicative of...
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  • He also served in the first ministerial government under Premier Grantley Herbert Adams where he held the post of Minister of Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries...
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  • activity). Sir Grantley Herbert Adams – former Premier and Prime Minister of West Indies Federation John Michael Geoffrey Manningham Adams – former Prime...
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    Duncan O'Neal (1879–1936), Clement Osbourne Payne (1904–1941), Sir Grantley Herbert Adams (1898–1987), Rt Hon. Errol Walton Barrow (1920–1987), Sir Hugh Worrell...
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    and for proclaiming one of the candidates as prime minister. Sir Grantley Herbert Adams was appointed Barbados' first Premier on 1 February 1953 when Barbados...
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    Attorney-General of Barbados in 1976, serving until 1981 in the Tom Adams administration. After Tom Adams' death, and Bernard St. John's premiership ended with the...
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    the House of Assembly of Barbados in 1976, when his party under J. M. G. Adams won the election. He served in numerous cabinet positions in the 1970s including...
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  • also one of the last living politicians to have worked with Sir Grantley Herbert Adams, the first Prime Minister of Barbados and the founder of the Barbados...
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    The Honourable Commonwealth Realm (1966-2021) Grantley Herbert Adams Harold Bernard St. John Tom Adams Frederick G. Smith Errol Barrow Henry deBoulay...
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  • 28 Wasfi Tal, three-time prime minister of Jordan (b. 1919) Sir Grantley Herbert Adams, 1st Premier of Barbados (b. 1898) November 29 – Edith Tolkien,...
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  • Prime Minister of Barbados (1966–1976; 1986–1987) $50 Obverse 1989 Grantley Herbert Adams 1898–1971 1st Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation (1958–1962);...
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    political contemporaries – such as Norman Manley of Jamaica and Sir Grantley Herbert Adams of Barbados, who were distinguished lawyers, and Trinidadian Eric...
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  • of the years after independence in 1951, under the leadership of Grantley Herbert Adams; South Korea's Hyukshinkye (anti-communist left) movement and Progressive...
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    January 1958 – 31 May 1962 Monarch Elizabeth II Prime Minister Grantley Herbert Adams Preceded by Office established Succeeded by Office abolished Personal...
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