Milo Butler

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Sir Milo Butler
1st Governor-General of the Bahamas
In office
1 August 1973 – 22 January 1979
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterLynden Pindling
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byGerald Cash
Personal details
Born(1906-08-11)11 August 1906
Died22 January 1979(1979-01-22) (aged 72)

The Right Excellent Sir Milo Boughton Butler, GCMG (11 August 1906 – 22 January 1979) was a Bahamian administrator and Governor-General of the Bahamas from 1973 to 1979.

Governor-General

In 1973, Butler was appointed as the first Bahamian Governor-General by Elizabeth II, Queen of the Bahamas on the recommendation of Lynden Pindling, Prime Minister of The Bahamas and leader of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), of which he was also a member.

He was Governor General from 1973 until his death in Nassau in 1979.[1] He is commemorated with a statue located in downtown Nassau across from the Parliament House and his portrait is on the Bahamas $20 note.

References

  1. ^ "Milo B. Butler". National Archives of The Bahamas. Archived from the original on August 10, 2011. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
Government offices
Preceded by Governor-General of the Bahamas
1973–1979
Succeeded by