John Montague Stow
Sir John Montague Stow GCMG KCVO (1911 – 16 March 1997) was a British colonial official who served in various roles.[1] From 1947 until 1953 Sir John Stow served as the British government's Commissioner of Saint Lucia. In a later role, he was the last governor of the former colony of Barbados, a position Sir John Stow served from 8 October 1959 until 29 November 1966, and following Barbados obtaining independence from the United Kingdom in 30 November 1966, Stow was appointed as the first Governor-General of Barbados, a position he served until 18 May 1967.[2][3]
See also
References
- ^ The Ideal Governor General Part IV The Caribbean Experience, 12 May 2014, The Nassau Guardian, The Bahamas.
- ^ STOW, Sir John Montague, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2015 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
- ^ "Countries Ba-Bo". Retrieved 20 March 2016.
External links
- Portraits of Sir John Montague Stow at the National Portrait Gallery, London
- Barbados, Worldstatesmen
- Photo, Barbados Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation
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