Dame Marguerite Pindling, Lady Pindling, ( McKenzie; born 26 June 1932) served as the tenth

governor-general of the Bahamas The governor-general of the Bahamas is the vice-regal representative of the Bahamian monarch, currently King Charles III, in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The governor-general is appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of the prime ...

, from 8 July 2014 to 28 June 2019. She is the second female governor-general of the Bahamas after Dame Ivy Dumont. She was married to

Sir Lynden Pindling Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling, NH, KCMG, PC, JP (22 March 193026 August 2000) was a Bahamian politician who is regarded as the "Father of the Nation" of the Bahamas, having led it to majority rule on 10 January 1967 and to independence on 10 Jul ...

, the first Prime Minister of The Bahamas. The couple had four children.

Biography

Marguerite McKenzie was born to Reuben and Viola McKenzie in

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on 26 June 1932. She moved to

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in 1946 to live with her sister and attended the Western Senior School. She later became an assistant to photographer Stanley Toogood. Soon after, she met

Lynden Pindling Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling, NH, KCMG, PC, JP (22 March 193026 August 2000) was a Bahamian politician who is regarded as the "Father of the Nation" of the Bahamas, having led it to majority rule on 10 January 1967 and to independence on 10 Ju ...

, who would go on to become the first black Premier of the colony of the Bahama Islands (second Premier to Sir Roland Symonette) from 1967 to 1969, then the first and longest serving Prime Minister of the Bahamas from 1969 to 1992. The couple married on 5 May 1956 and remained married until his death on 26 August 2000."The life and times of Dame Marguerite Pindling, October 28th"
Bahamas Historical Society. Bahamas Weekly, 23 October 2010, The couple had four children: Obafemi Pindling, Leslie Pindling, Monique Johnson, and Michelle Sands. She was appointed Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George in 2014.

References

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