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Elliott Belgrave

Sir Elliott Belgrave
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, KStJ, SC (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]

  1. ^ "Governor General sworn in". Archived from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  2. ^ Profile of Elliott Fitzroy Belgrave
  3. ^ "Index Bb-Bh".
  4. ^ 'Elliott Belgrave is acting GG', Barbados Daily Nation, November 2, 2011
  5. ^ "Countries Ba-Bo".
  6. ^ "Justice Sandra Mason acting GG". Archived from the original on 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  7. ^ New Governor General sworn in Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine

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