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(Redirected from Clifford Straughn Husbands) Barbadian judge

Sir Clifford HusbandsGCMG KStJ KA QC
6th Governor-General of Barbados
In office
1 June 1996 – 31 October 2011
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterOwen Arthur
David Thompson
Freundel Stuart
Preceded byNita Barrow
Succeeded byElliott Belgrave
Personal details
Born(1926-08-05)5 August 1926
Morgan Lewis Plantation, Saint Andrew, Colony of Barbados
Died11 October 2017(2017-10-11) (aged 91)
Mount Standfast, Saint James, Barbados
SpouseRuby Parris (d. 2009)

Sir Clifford Straughn Husbands GCMG KStJ KA QC (5 August 1926 – 11 October 2017) was a Barbadian judge who served as the sixth Governor-General of Barbados. He held this office from 1996, when he was appointed after the death of Nita Barrow, until he retired on 31 October 2011. He was the longest-serving Barbadian Governor-General.

Husbands died suddenly of a heart attack on 11 October 2017 at the age of 91. He was predeceased by his wife, Lady Ruby Husbands (née Parris), who died on 7 July 2009.

See also

References

  1. "No. 54419". The London Gazette. 7 June 1996. p. 1.
  2. "No. 57263". The London Gazette. 19 April 2004. p. 1.
  3. Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders
  4. Sir Clifford resigns Archived 2011-10-31 at the Wayback Machine Barbados Nation Online, 30 October 2011
  5. Governor General retiring Archived 2012-05-12 at the Wayback Machine Barbados Advocate Online, 30 October 2011
  6. GG retires Archived 2012-05-22 at the Wayback Machine, BarbadosToday.bb, 30 October 2011; accessed 28 March 2016.
  7. GG’s last day Archived 2014-10-18 at the Wayback Machine Barbados Nation Online, 31 October 2011
  8. "Former Governor General Sir Clifford Husband dies". www.nationnews.com. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  9. "Former Governor General Sir Clifford Husbands dies". Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  10. Former Barbados Governor-General Sir Clifford Husbands is dead
  11. Blackman, Theresa (7 July 2009). "Official Funeral For Lady Husbands". Barbados Government Information Service. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2009.

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Preceded byDenys Williams Governor-General of Barbados
1996–2011 		Succeeded byElliott Belgrave
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