Sir Elliott Fitzroy Belgrave,

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, KA, CHB,

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, SC (born 16 March 1931) is a retired Barbadian High Court Judge who served as the seventh

governor-general of Barbados The governor-general of Barbados was the representative of the Barbadian monarch from independence in 1966 until the establishment of a republic in 2021. Under the government's Table of Precedence for Barbados, the governor-general of Barbados ...

from 1 June 2012 to 30 June 2017. He previously served as Acting Governor-General from 1 November 2011 to 1 June 2012 (following the retirement of

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). On 22 May 2012, the prime minister of Barbados announced that Belgrave would be appointed as the 7th Barbadian Governor-General of Queen Elizabeth II. In preparation, Justice

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was appointed as acting Governor-General on 30 May 2012 pending Belgrave's preparation for his own

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-taking ceremony on 1 June.

Education and career

Belgrade is a graduate of

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(LLB, 1962) and Cambridge (MPhil Criminology, 1979) from Darwin College, Cambridge. He served as Director of Public Prosecutions in Barbados and as Judge of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal of Barbados. He is a

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and was awarded the

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for his contribution to the legal system in Barbados. In December 2016 it was reported that Belgrave was approaching personal retirement from the post of Governor-General.

Private life

He is married to Loretta Belgrave, and together they have a daughter named Susan Matheson. He is a Freemason, and a Past District Grand Master of the District Grand Lodge of Barbados (Scottish Constitution).

Honours

He was appointed

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III. It is named in honour ...

on 8 June 2012. He is a

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