Sir Maurice Athelstan King,
KA,
QC (1 January 1936 – 21 September 2021) was a Barbadian lawyer.
Career
In the late 1970s, King served as
Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations
The Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations is in charge of the Barbados's diplomatic mission to the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, United States of America. The current office holder is Keith Hamilton Lewellyn Mar ...
, as well as a legal counsel for the
Democratic Labour Party. He served as
Attorney-General of Barbados from 1986 to 1989.
He then went on to head the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business from 1989 to 1993.
Personal life
King did his secondary education at
Harrison College. He graduated from
University of Manchester
, mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity
, established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univ ...
in 1960 and was
called to the bar that year. He was
knighted in 2009.
He has a brother, Edmund King, also a lawyer.
He died on 21 September 2021, at the age of 85.
Sir Maurice King, former DLP AG, diplomat, dies at 85.
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Knight of Saint Andrew - 2009
The University of Manchester 1957 – 1960
Degree Name: LLB Field Of Study: Law
Further reading
* https://www.nationnews.com/2021/09/22/former-ag-sir-maurice-king-dies/
* https://www.nationnews.com/2021/09/23/acting-pm-pays-tribute-sir-maurice-king/
* https://demerarawaves.com/2021/09/22/former-caricom-facilitator-in-guyanas-political-dialogue-dies/
* https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/09/22/sir-maurice-king-former-dlp-ag-diplomat-dies-at-85/
* https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/340167?ln=en
* https://books.google.com/books?id=DMjDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA190&lpg=PA190&dq=Maurice+King+Barbados+UN&source=bl&ots=zE8L6_I5fc&sig=ACfU3U2J8_xMwV8s-x2JA4Zp5d29yaVCVw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwit14_N8dL0AhWOp3IEHdOxCrQQ6AF6BAgTEAM#v=onepage&q=Maurice%20King%20Barbados%20UN&f=false
References
External links
Memorandum of conversation on 9 February 1976
between King and Gerald Ford, from the Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation is an American private foundation with the stated goal of advancing human welfare. Created in 1936 by Edsel Ford and his father Henry Ford, it was originally funded by a US$25,000 gift from Edsel Ford. By 1947, after the death ...
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1936 births
2021 deaths
Alumni of the University of Manchester
Attorneys-General of Barbados
Government ministers of Barbados
Knights and Dames of St Andrew (Barbados)
People educated at Harrison College (Barbados)
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