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Solicitor General Of Barbados
The Solicitor-General of Barbados is a law officer of the government of Barbados, subordinate to the Attorney-General of Barbados. The office is one of the members of the government. List of Solicitors-General of Barbados *William Savage *John Sealy (Acting) 1839 * Robert Bowcher Clarke 1839 *John Sealy 1841-1844 (then Attorney-General 1846-about 1869 ) *William Conrad Reeves Sir William Conrad Reeves (Saint Joseph, Barbados 1838 – Barbados, 8 January 1902),'REEVES, Hon. Sir William Conrad’, ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., 1920 – 2007 (online ed. Oxford University Press, ... 1870-1876 *Sir Charles Packer 1847, 1855, 1875 *Henry Alletne Bovell 1881-1885 * William Herbert Greaves 1889 References {{Barbados-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). Its capital and largest city is Bridgetown. Inhabited by Kalinago people since the 13th century, and prior to that by other Amerindians, Spanish navigators took possession of Barbados in the late 15th century, claiming it for the Crown of Castile. It first appeared on a Spanish map in 1511. The Portuguese Empire claimed the island between 1532 and 1536, but abandoned it in 1620 with their only remnants being an introduction of wild boars for a good supply of meat whenever the island was visited. An English ship, the ''Olive Blossom'', arrived in Barbados on 14 May 1625; its men took possession of the island in the name of King James I. In 1627, the first permanent settlers arrived from England, and Barbados became an English and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attorney-General Of Barbados
The Attorney-General of Barbados is the primary legal advisor to the Government of Barbados. Legal basis According to Article 72 of the Constitution of Barbados, the Attorney-General holds ministerial rank in the government. He may, in the case of certain offences, give general or special directions to the Director of Public Prosecutions, which the latter must follow. List of attorneys-general *Robert Hooper c.1693 *Edward Chilton, 1698 to 1705 *Thomas Hodges, FRS ?1706 to ?1721 *Jonathan Blenman, 1726 to *Blenman 1728 to *Timothy Blenman, 1741 to *Henry Beckles, 1770 to 1772 *Robert Burnett *Anthony Chester *Robert Burnett Jones *John Beckles, 1807 to 1823 *Matthew Coulthurst, to 1824 *Samuel Hinds, 1824 to 1826 *Henry Edward Sharpe, 1826 to 1828 *John Paynter Musson, 1828 to 1831 *Henry Edward Sharpe, 1831 to c. 1838 *post of Attorney-General of Barbados vacant, c. 1838 to 1841 *Henry Edward Sharpe, 1841 to 1846 *John Sealy, 1846 to >1869 * Francis Fleming, 1878 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bowcher Clarke
Sir Robert Bowcher Clarke (1803–1881) was a Barbadian barrister, Solicitor-General, and Chief Justice of Barbados and St. Lucia. Early life and career Clarke was born in 1803 in Barbados, the son of Robert Bowcher Clarke and his wife Elizabeth (née Waple). Clarke attended Codrington Grammar School before studying at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1827. That same year, he was called to the Bar of England and Wales at the Inner Temple. In 1829, Clarke married Emily Maxwell Spooner. Clarke began his legal career in Barbados, serving as Solicitor-General from 1837 to 1842. He later became Speaker of the House of Assembly. On 13 December 1841, Clarke was appointed Chief Justice of Barbados, a position he held until his retirement in 1874. Between 1850 and 1859, he also served as Chief Justice of St. Lucia. Dispute over future of Codrington College Clarke's alma mater, Codrington Grammar School, had been founded in 1745 with the profits from the beque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Conrad Reeves
Sir William Conrad Reeves (Saint Joseph, Barbados 1838 – Barbados, 8 January 1902),'REEVES, Hon. Sir William Conrad’, ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., 1920 – 2007 (online ed. Oxford University Press, December 2007) was a nineteenth century lawyer and academic in Barbados. Biography Reeves was born in Barbados, to Thomas Phillipps Reeves and Peggy Phyllis. He represented the Parish of Saint Joseph, within the House of Assembly in Bridgetown. He was patronised, with funds collected by the black community, to stay in the United Kingdom to study at the Middle Temple, which he left in 1863. He subsequently became Attorney general of St Vincent. He was appointed Solicitor-General of Barbados in 1875. He was Attorney General of Barbados from 1882 to 1886. In 1883 he was admitted to the Queen's Counsel. He became the first black Chief Justice of Barbados in 1886. He served in this position until his death. In 1889, Reeves was knighted by Qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Herbert Greaves
Sir William Herbert Greaves (1 March 1857 – 18 December 1936) was a British colonial judge who was chief justice of Barbados. He was knighted in 1904. Greaves was educated at Codrington Grammar School in Barbados and St Edmund Hall, Oxford. He was called to the bar at Middle Temple The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn ... in 1880. He became solicitor general of Barbados in 1887, Queen's Council in 1890, attorney general of Barbados in 1896. He was chief justice in 1902. References 1857 births 1936 deaths Knights Bachelor Barbadian judges Solicitors general of Barbados Alumni of St Edmund Hall, Oxford Members of the Middle Temple Barbadian lawyers {{Barbados-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |