Dame Marguerite Pindling, Lady Pindling, ( McKenzie; born 26 June 1932) served as the tenth

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, from 8 July 2014 to 28 June 2019. She is the second female governor-general of the Bahamas after Dame Ivy Dumont. She was married to Sir

Lynden Pindling Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling, Order of St Michael and St George, KCMG, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC, Order of National Hero (Bahamas), NH, Justice of the peace, JP (22 March 193026 August 2000) was a The Bahamas, Bahamian politician who ...

, the first Prime Minister of The Bahamas. The couple had four children.

Biography

Marguerite McKenzie was born to Reuben and Viola McKenzie in

South Andros South Andros is a district of the nation of the Bahamas. Geographically, South Andros is the southernmost third of the land mass colloquially called Andros, which includes the districts of North Andros, Central Andros, Mangrove Cay and South A ...

on 26 June 1932. She moved to

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in 1946 to live with her sister and attended the Western Senior School. She later became an assistant to photographer Stanley Toogood. Soon after, she met

, who would go on to become the first black Premier of the colony of the Bahama Islands (second Premier to

Sir Roland Symonette Sir Roland Theodore Symonette, NH (16 December 1898 – 12 March 1980) was a Bahamian politician and the first Premier of the Bahamas after self-government was achieved in 1964. He was leader of the United Bahamian Party (UBP), which was the ...

) from 1967 to 1969, then the first and longest serving

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from 1969 to 1992. The couple married on 5 May 1956 and remained married until his death on 26 August 2000."The life and times of Dame Marguerite Pindling, October 28th"
Bahamas Historical Society. Bahamas Weekly, 23 October 2010, The couple had four children: Obafemi Pindling, Leslie Pindling, Monique Johnson, and Michelle Sands. She was appointed Dame Grand Cross of the

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in 2014.

References

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