Barbados
 

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Adopted 30 Nov 1966

Map of Barbados Hear National Anthem "In Plenty and In Time of Need" Text of National Anthem Anthem Adopted 30 Nov 1966 Constitution (30 Nov 1966) Capital: Bridgetown (Indian Bridge 1627-c.1654) Currency: Barbadian Dollar (BBD)  National Holiday: 30 Nov (1966) Independence Day Population: 280,946 (2007)  GDP: $5.10 billion (2006)  Exports: $209 million (2004) Imports: $1.47 billion  (2004) Ethnic groups: local black 87.1%, mulatto 6%, British 4.3%, US white 1.2%, Indo-Pakistani 1.1%, other 0.3% (2000) Total Armed Forces: 500  (2003) Merchant marine: 58 ships (2006) Religions: Protestant 63% (of which Anglican 26.3%, Pentecostal 10.6%, Methodist 5.7%),  Roman Catholic 4.8%, other Christian 2%, non-religious/other 30.2% (1995)  International Organizations/Treaties: ACP, ACS, APM, BTWC, C, Caricom, CDB, CTBT, CWC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, KP, LAES, MIGA, NAM, NPT, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, UN, UNCLOS, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFCC, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Barbados Chronology c.1511                      Appears on Spanish maps as Isla de los Barbados. 1536                        Discovery again claimed by a Portuguese explorer,                               Pedro a Campos, named Ilha Barbudos. 14 May 1625                 Claimed by England by Capt. John Powell (not                               settled). 17 Feb 1627                 English colony (under proprietary rule 1625-52)                               (Carlisle Islands). 1651 - 11 Jan 1652          Island claims autonomy (not recognized by crown). 1663                        Crown colony 1833 - 1885                 Part of the Windward Islands (with the governors                               of Barbados also governors of the Windward                               Islands)(see also Grenada).  3 Jan 1958 - 31 May 1962   Part of the Federation of the West Indies                                (see Trinidad and Tobago). 30 Nov 1966                 Independence from Britain (Barbados).

Lords Proprietary
14 May 1625 - 1627         Sir William Courteen                 (b. 1572 - d. 1636)
 2 Jul 1627 - 1628         James Hay, Earl of Carlisle          (b. c.1580 - d. 1636)
                             (1st time)
1628 - 1629                Philip Herbert, Earl of Pembroke     (b. 1524 - d. 1649)
1628 - 25 Apr 1636         James Hay, Earl of Carlisle          (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
25 Apr 1636 - 30 Oct 1660  James Hay II, Earl of Carlisle       (b. c.1612 - d. 1660)        

Governors
17 Feb 1627 - 1628         Henry Powell
1628 - Jun 1628            William Deane
Jun 1628 - 26 Feb 1629     Charles Wolferston
26 Feb 1629 - 29 Aug 1629  John Powell
29 Aug 1629 - Sep 1629     Robert Wheatley (acting)
21 Dec 1629 - 16 Jul 1630  Sir William Tufton                   (d. 1632)
1630 - 1633                Henry Hawley (1st time)
1633 - 1634                Richard Peers (1st time)(acting)
1634                       Henry Hawley (2nd time)
1634 - 1636                Richard Peers (2nd time)(acting)
1636 - 1638                Henry Hawley (3rd time)
1638 - 1639                William Hawley (acting)
1639 - Jun 1640            Henry Hawley (4th time)
Jun 1640 - 1641            Sir Henry Huncks
1641 - 1650                Philip Bell
May 1650 - 1651            Francis, Baron Willoughby of Parham  (b. 1613 - d. 1666)
                             (1st time)(in dissidence to Jan 1652)
Oct 1651 - 1652            Sir George Ayscue                    (b. c.1616 - d. 1671)
1652 - Jul 1660            Daniel Searle (acting)
Jul 1660 - 1660            Thomas Modyford (acting)             (b. c.1620 - d. 1679)
1660 - Aug 1663            Humphrey Walrond (acting)
Aug 1663 - 23 Jul 1666     Francis, Baron Willoughby of Parham  (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
1666 - 1667                Henry Willoughby (acting) 
                           + Henry Hawley (5th time)(acting)
                           + Samuel Barwick (acting)
                           (joint governors)
Apr 1667 - 1668            William, Baron of Willoughby         (b. 1616 - d. 1673)
                             (1st time)
1668 - 1669                Christopher Codrington (1st time)
                             (acting)
1669 - 1670                William, Baron of Willoughby         (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
1670 - 1672                Christopher Codrington (2nd time)
                             (acting)
1672 - 1673                William, Baron of Willoughby         (s.a.)
                             (3rd time)
1673 - 1674                Sir Peter Colleton (acting)          (d. 1694)
1674 - 1681                Sir Jonathan Atkins
Mar 1681 - 1683            Sir Richard Dutton (1st time)        (d. 1703)  
1683 - 1684                Sir John Witham (acting)
1684 - 1685                Sir Richard Dutton (2nd time)        (s.a.)  
1685 - 1690                Edwyn Stede (acting)
1690 - 1694                James Kendall
1694 - 1696                Francis Russell
1696 - Dec 1697            Francis Bond (acting)
Dec 1697 - 1701            Ralph Gray                           (b. c.1661 - d. 1706)
1701 - 1703                John Farmer (acting)
1703 - 1706                Sir Bevile Granville                 (b. 16.. - d. 1706)
1706 - 1707                William Sharpe (acting) 
1707 - 1710                Mitford Crow                         (b. 16.. - d. 1719)
1710 - 1711                George Lillington (acting)
1711 - Jan 1714            Robert Lowther (1st time)            (b. 1681 - d. 1745)
Jan 1714 - 1715            William Sharpe (acting)
1715 - 1720                Robert Lowther (2nd time)            (s.a.)
1720 - 1721                John Frere (acting) 
1721 - 1722                Samuel Cox (acting)
1722 - 1727                Henry Worsley                        (d. 1740)
1727 - 1731                Thomas Catesby Paget                 (b. 1689 - d. 1742)
1731 - 1732                Walter Chetwynd                      (d. 1732)
1732 - 1733                Samuel Barwick (acting)
1733                       James Dotin (1st time)(acting)
1733 - 29 Mar 1735         Emanuel Scrope, Viscount Howe        (b. c.1699 - d. 1735)
1735 - 1737                James Dotin (2nd time)(acting)
1737 - 1738                Orlando Bridgeman
1738                       Humphrey Howarth
1738 - 1739                Thomas Gage, Viscount Gage           (d. 1754)
May 1739 - 1740            Robert Byng                          (d. 1741)
1740 - 1742                James Dotin (3rd time)(acting)
1742 - 1747                Sir Thomas Robinson                  (b. c.1700 - d. 1777)
1747 - 1753                Henry Grenville (1st time)           (b. 1717 - d. 1784)
1753                       Ralph Weeks (acting)
1753 - 1756                Henry Grenville (2nd time)           (s.a.)
1756 - 1766                Charles Pinfold                      (b. 1709 - d. 1788)
1766 - 1768                Samuel Rous (1st time)(acting)
1768 - 1772                William Spry                         (d. 1802)
1772 - 1773                Samuel Rous (2nd time)(acting)
1773 - 1779                Edward Hay                           (b. 1722 - d. 1779)
1779 - 1780                John Dotin (1st time)(acting)
1780 - 1783                James Cunninghame
1783 - 1784                John Dotin (2nd time)(acting)
1784 - 1790                David Parry (1st time)
1790                       Henry Frere
1790 - 1793                David Partty (2nd time)
1793 - 1794                William Bishop (1st time) (acting)
1794 - 1800                George Poyntz Rickets                (b. 1749 - d. 1800)
1800 - 1801                William Bishop (2nd time) (acting)
1802 - 1806                Francis Humberstone Mackenzie,       (b. 1754 - d. 1815)
                             (from 1804) Baron Seaforth 
1806 - 1810                John Spooner (acting)
1810 - 1815                Sir George Beckwith                  (b. 1753 - d. 1823)
10 May 1815 - 16 Oct 1816  Sir James Leith                      (b. 1763 - d. 1816)
1817                       John Foster Alleyne (acting)         (b. 1762 - d. 1823)
1817 - 1820                Stapleton Cotton,                    (b. 1773 - d. 1865)
                             Viscount Combermere
1820                       John Brathwaite Skeete (acting)
1821                       Samuel Hinds (acting)
1821 - 1829                Sir Henry Warde                      (b. 1766 - d. 1834)
1829 - 1833                Sir James Lyon
1833 - 1836                Sir Lionel Smith                     (b. 1778 - d. 1842)
1836 - 1841                Evan John Murray MacGregor           (b. 1785 - d. 1841)
                             (from 1839, Sir Evan John Murray MacGregor)
1841                       Charles Henry Darling                (b. 1809 - d. 1870)
1841 - 1846                Sir Charles Edward Grey              (b. 1785 - d. 1865)
1846 - 1848                William Reid                         (b. 1791 - d. 1858)
1848 - 1856                William Macbean George Colebrooke    (b. 1787 - d. 1870)
1856 -  4 Jan 1862         Francis Hincks                       (b. 1807 - d. 1885)
 4 Jan 1862 - 1868         James Walker                         (b. 1809 - d. 1885)
1868 - 1875                Rawson William Rawson                (b. 1812 - d. 1899)
1875                       Sanford Freeling (acting)            (b. 1828 - d. 1894)
1875 - 1876                Sir John Pope Hennessy               (b. 1834 - d. 1891)
20 Dec 1876 - 1880         George Cumine Strahan                (b. 1838 - d. 1889)
1880                       D.J. Gamble (acting)
1880 - 1885                William Robinson                     (b. 1836 - d. 1912)
1885 - 1889                Sir Charles Cameron Lees             (b. 1831 - d. 1898)
1889 - 1891                Sir Walter Joseph Sendall            (b. 1833 - d. 1904)
1891 - 1900                Sir James Shaw Hay                   (b. 1839 - d. 1924)
18 Feb 1900 - 1904         Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson       (b. 1851 - d. 1925)
24 Oct 1904 - 1911         Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter            (b. 1848 - d. 1927)
13 Feb 1911 - 1918         Sir Leslie Probyn                    (b. 1862 - d. 1938)
27 Sep 1918 - 1925         Charles Richard Mackey O'Brien       (b. 1859 - d. 1935)
                             (from 1920, Sir Charles Richard Mackey O'Brien)
31 Dec 1925 - Jan 1933     William Charles Fleming Robertson    (b. 1867 - d. 1938) 
                             (from 1927, Sir William Charles Fleming Robertson)
Jan 1933 - 12 Mar 1933     Harry Scott Newlands                 (b. 1884 - d. 1933)
1933                       George Douglas Owen (acting)         (b. 1887 - d. 19..)
 5 Aug 1933 - Mar 1938     Mark Aitchison Young                 (b. 1886 - d. 1974) 
                             (from 1934, Sir Mark Aitchison Young)
Mar 1938 -  6 Aug 1938     William Henry Flinn (acting)         (b. 1895 - d. 1973)
 6 Aug 1938 - 1941         Eubule John Waddington               (b. 1890 - d. 1957) 
                             (from 1939, Sir Eubule John Waddington)
23 Oct 1941 - 1947         Sir Henry Grattan Bushe              (b. 1886 - d. 1961)
 5 Feb 1947 - 1949         Sir Hilary Rudolph Blood             (b. 1893 - d. 1967)
 1 Nov 1949 - 1953         Alfred William Lungley Savage        (b. 1903 - d. 1980)
                             (from 1951, Sir Alfred William Lungley Savage)
14 May 1953 - 1959         Sir Robert Duncan Harris Arundell    (b. 1904 - d. 1989)
 8 Oct 1959 - 29 Nov 1966  Sir John Montague Stow               (b. 1911 - d. 1997)
Queen¹
30 Nov 1966 -              the Queen of the United Kingdom
Governors general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
30 Nov 1966 - 18 May 1967  Sir John Montague Stow               (s.a.)
18 May 1967 -  9 Aug 1976  Sir Arleigh Winston Scott            (b. 1900 - d. 1976)
 9 Aug 1976 - 17 Nov 1976  Sir William Randolph Douglas         (b. 1921 - d. 2003) 
                             (1st time) (acting)
17 Nov 1976 -  9 Jan 1984  Sir Deighton Harcourt Lisle Ward     (b. 1909 - d. 1984)
10 Jan 1984 - 24 Feb 1984  Sir William Randolph Douglas         (s.a.) 
                             (2nd time) (acting)
24 Feb 1984 -  6 Jun 1990  Sir Hugh Worrell Springer            (b. 1913 - d. 1994)
 6 Jun 1990 - 19 Dec 1995  Dame Ruth Nita Barrow (f)            (b. 1916 - d. 1995)
19 Dec 1995 -  1 Jun 1996  Sir Denys Ambrose Williams (acting)  (b. 1929)
 1 Jun 1996 -              Sir Clifford Straughn Husbands       (b. 1926)

Premiers
 1 Feb 1954 - 17 Apr 1958  Grantley Herbert Adams               (b. 1898 - d. 1971)  BLP
                             (from 1957, Sir Grantley Herbert Adams)
17 Apr 1958 -  8 Dec 1962  Hugh Gordon Cummins                  (b. 1891 - d. 1970)  BLP
 8 Dec 1962 - 18 Nov 1966  Errol Walton Barrow                  (b. 1920 - d. 1987)  DLP
Prime ministers
18 Nov 1966 -  8 Sep 1976  Errol Walton Barrow (1st time)       (s.a.)               DLP
 8 Sep 1976 - 11 Mar 1985  John Michael Geoffrey "Tom" Adams    (b. 1931 - d. 1985)  BLP
11 Mar 1985 - 29 May 1986  Harold Bernard St. John              (b. 1931 - d. 2004)  BLP
29 May 1986 -  1 Jun 1987  Errol Walton Barrow (2nd time)       (s.a.)               DLP
 1 Jun 1987 -  7 Sep 1994  Lloyd Erskine Sandiford              (b. 1937)            DLP
 7 Sep 1994 - 16 Jan 2008  Owen Seymour Arthur                  (b. 1949)            BLP
16 Jan 2008 -              David Thompson                       (b. 1961)            DLP

 ¹The style of the ruler: "By the Grace of God, Queen of Barbados and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth."

Territorial Disputes: In Apr 2006, the Permanent Court of Arbitration issued a decision that delimited a maritime boundary with Trinidad and Tobago and compelled Barbados to enter a fishing agreement limiting Barbadian fishermen's catches of flying fish in Trinidad and Tobago's exclusive economic zone; in 2005, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago agreed to compulsory international arbitration under UNCLOS challenging whether the northern limit of Trinidad and Tobago's and Venezuela's maritime boundary extends into Barbadian waters; joins other Caribbean states to counter Venezuela's claim that Aves Island sustains human habitation, a criterion under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which permits Venezuela to extend its EEZ/continental shelf over a large portion of the eastern Caribbean Sea.

Party abbreviations: BLP = Barbados Labour Party (social-democratic -Founded as Conservative Party; named Barbados Progressive League in 1939, renamed Barbados Labour Party in 1944); DLP = Democratic Labour Party (social-democratic, est.1955 split from BLP)

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