The Attorney-General of Barbados is the primary legal advisor to the Government of Barbados.

Legal basis

According to Article 72 of the

Constitution of Barbados The Constitution of Barbados is the supreme law under which Barbados is governed. The Constitution provides a legal establishment of the Government of Barbados, as well as legal rights and responsibilities of the public and various other governm ...

, the Attorney-General holds ministerial rank in the government. He may, in the case of certain offences, give general or special directions to the Director of Public Prosecutions, which the latter must follow.

List of attorneys-general

*Robert Hooper c.1693 *Edward Chilton, 1698 to 1705 *Thomas Hodges, FRS ?1706 to ?1721 *Jonathan Blenman, 1726 to *Blenman 1728 to *Timothy Blenman, 1741 to *Henry Beckles, 1770 to 1772 *Robert Burnett *Anthony Chester *Robert Burnett Jones *John Beckles, 1807 to 1823 *Matthew Coulthurst, to 1824 *Samuel Hinds, 1824 to 1826 *Henry Edward Sharpe, 1826 to 1828 *John Paynter Musson, 1828 to 1831 *Henry Edward Sharpe, 1831 to c. 1838 *post of Attorney-General of Barbados vacant, c. 1838 to 1841 *Henry Edward Sharpe, 1841 to 1846 *John Sealy, 1846 to >1869 *

Francis Fleming Sir Francis Fleming (31 July 1842 – 4 December 1922) ( Chinese: 菲林明) was a British administrator who held appointments in eleven colonies. The son of James Fleming (1812–1887), Q.C. of Dorset Square and Julia Matilda (1811–18 ...

, 1878 to 1882 *

William Conrad Reeves Sir William Conrad Reeves (Saint Joseph, Barbados 1838 – Barbados, 8 January 1902),'REEVES, Hon. Sir William Conrad’, ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., 1920 – 2007 (online ed. Oxford University Press, ...

, 1882 to 1886 *Sir Henry Alleyne Bovell, 1886 to aft.1893 *

G. Aubrey Goodman Sir Gerald Aubrey Goodman KC (6 September 1862 – 20 January 1921) was a Barbadian barrister and politician. He also served as Attorney-General of the Straits Settlements and as a judge in Malaya. His final appointment was as Chief Jus ...

, 1907 to 1913 *Hon Sir Charles Pitcher Clarke, 1913 to ? (died 1926) *Ernest Allan Collymore, 1928 to 1936 *Edward Keith Walcott, 1936 to 1946 *Sir

William Campbell Wylie Sir William Campbell Wylie (14 May 1905 – August 1992) was a New Zealand-born colonial judge who was the last Chief Justice of the Combined Judiciary of Sarawak, North Borneo and Brunei and the first Chief Justice of Borneo. He was born in Dan ...

, 1951 to 1955 * ''Barbados became independent, 1966'' *Sir

Frederick Smith Frederick, Frederic or Fred Smith may refer to: In literature *Frederick Smith, 2nd Earl of Birkenhead (1907–1975), British peer and biographer *Frederick Smith, 3rd Earl of Birkenhead (1936–1985), British peer and author * Frederick E. Smith ...

, 1966 to 1971 *

George Moe George Cecil Rawle Moe CHB (12 March 1932 – 16 August 2004) was a Barbadian judge and politician. Early life He was born in Barbados to Cecil and Odessa (née Marshall) Moe and educated at Harrison College, Oxford University and Columbia Univ ...

, 1971 to 1976 *Sir Henry de Boulay Forde, 1976 to 1981 *

Louis Randall Tull Sir Louis Randall Tull KA SC MP (born 27 January 1938) is a Barbados criminal attorney-at-Law and former BLP Member of Parliament. Career Louis Randall Tull was born in Lears, Saint Michael, Barbados on 27 January 1938. Having specialized ...

, 1981 to 1985 *Sir David Anthony Simmons, 1985 to 1986 * Maurice Athelstan King, 1986 to 1994 *Sir David Anthony Simmons, 1994 to 2001 *

Mia Mottley Mia Amor Mottley, (born 1 October 1965) is a Barbadian politician and attorney who has served as the eighth prime minister of Barbados since 2018 and as Leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) since 2008. Mottley is the first woman to hold ...

, 2001 to 2003 ''1st female* Dale Marshall, 2006 to 2008 *

Freundel Stuart Freundel Jerome Stuart, OR, PC, SC (born 27 April 1951) is a Barbadian politician who served as seventh Prime Minister of Barbados and the leader of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) from 23 October 2010 to 21 February 2013; and from 21 Febr ...

, 2008 to 2010 (departed the position to become acting PM) * Adriel Brathwaite, 2010 to 2018 * Dale Marshall, 2018 to Present

References

External links

The Office of the Attorney-General of Barbados
{{Attorneys General of British overseas territories Justice ministries Government of Barbados Lists of political office-holders in Barbados

Legal basis

List of attorneys-general

See also

References

External links