Roy Lindo was a Jamaican industrialist, planter, political economist and politician.

Early life

Roy Lindo was born in 1910 in

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, to

Percy Lindo Percy Lindo was a Jamaican banker, planter, industrialist and Member of the Legislative Council of Jamaica. Early life Percival Henriques Lindo, nicknamed Percy was born on September 30, 1877, in Falmouth, Jamaica, to Frederick Lindo and Grace ...

and Hilda Violet Lindo. He was educated at

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and at

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Career

A farmer, political economist and legislator, Lindo was the last Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) for St Mary (1942-1944) and one of the five Independents who were successful in

1944 Jamaican general election General elections were held in Jamaica on 12 December 1944.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p430 The result was a victory for the Jamaica Labour Party, which won 22 of the 32 seats. Voter turnout was ...

, where he defeated the PNP's and the JLP's Cornelius McKenzie to become the Member of the House for St. Mary Eastern constituency. He was the owner of Roy D. Lindo Ltd., which traded in wines, cigars and general merchandise. In 1945, Roy was appointed as a Member of the

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. He was a director of Soap & Edible Products Ltd., the largest manufacturer of coconut products in Jamaica. After their father's death in 1946, Roy and his brother Frederick became Co-Managing Directors of

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He owned several thousand acres of real estate in the

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area, where he sold Goldeneye to

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and

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. Roy was Chairman of the Central Housing Authority and the Coconut Industry Board In 1957, Roy and his brother sold

to a syndicate led by

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and the Henriques Brothers. He owned 1,400 acres in Cardiff Hall,

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which he turned into Jamaica's largest hotel and resort subdivision. He wrote articles in support of the

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References

{{Reflist 1910 births Members of the Parliament of Jamaica 1962 deaths