Ernest Deighton Mottley

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

(11 May 1907 – 27 April 1973) was a Barbadian politician, leader of the

Barbados National Party The Barbados National Party was a political party in Barbados. History The 1940 elections saw the Voters Association, an informal grouping of white politicians, win 19 of the 24 seats in the House of Assembly. The following year, the group became ...

, and the first mayor of

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(1959). He was a member of the

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from 1946 to 1971. He was friends with

Errol Barrow Errol Walton Barrow (21 January 1920 – 1 June 1987) was a Barbadian statesman and the first prime minister of Barbados. Born into a family of political and civic activists in the parish of Saint Lucy, he became a WWII aviator, combat vet ...

, though after the election of 1961, Mottley became Leader of the Opposition to Barrow's

Barbados Labour Party The Barbados Labour Party (BLP), colloquially known as the "Bees", is a social democratic political party in Barbados established in 1938. It has been in power in 1954–1961, 1976–1986, 1994–2008, and 2018–present. The BLP has been the go ...

government. In

1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

, Mottley was honoured as an Ordinary Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) for public services in Barbados.''Supplement to the London Gazette'', 2 June 1962, p. 4329. His granddaughter,

Mia Mottley Mia "Ma" Amor Mottley, (born 1 October 1965) is a Barbadian politician and attorney who has served as the eighth prime minister of Barbados since 2018 and as Leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) since 2008. Mottley is the first woman to h ...

, became the first female Prime Minister of Barbados in 2018.

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1907 births 1973 deaths 20th-century Barbadian politicians Commanders of the Order of the British Empire {{Barbados-politician-stub