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Knights from Guyana
This
page is devoted to Guyanese-born persons who were knighted
by the Monarch of England. The biographical data presented
below will be updated as more information becomes available.
Some of the Knights also received one or more of Guyana's
National Awards.
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• Sir
Harold Brodie Smith Bollers KB
- Born:
5 February 1915 in Georgetown.
Died: ??.
- Education:
Queen's College, Guyana.
King's College, University of London.
Middle Temple, London
- Appointed:
Chief Justice (1966).
- Honours:
Knights Bachelor (196?). |
• Sir
John Carter KB, OR, CCH
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Born: 27 January 1919 in Cane Grove Village.
- Education:
Queen's College, Guyana.
University of London (BA, LLB).
- Professional
Achievements:
Called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1942.
- Elected:
Legislative Council (1948) – candidate
for the British Guiana Labour Party (BGLP).
Legislative Assembly (1961) – candidate
for the People's National Congress (PNC).
- Appointed:
First Pro-Chancellor of the University of
Guyana (1963).
Ambassador to the United States of America
(1966).
High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (1970).
Ambassador to China (1976).
- Honours:
Knights Bachelor (1966).
The Cacique's Crown of Honour of Guyana (1973).
The Order of Roraima of Guyana (1984). |
• Sir
Donald Jackson KB
Born: 17 May 1892 in Demerara.
Died: 1981.
- Education:
Middle School, Georgetown.
University of London (LLB).
- Appointed:
Acting Stipendiary Magistrate of the West
Demerara District (1931).
Acting Assistant Attorney-General (1933 -1936).
Senior Magistrate (1936).
Registrar of Deeds at the Supreme Court and
of the West Indian Court of Appeal (1944).
Acting Puisne Judge (1945 -1949).
Puisne Judge of the Windward and Leeward Islands
(1949).
Chief Justice of the Windward and Leeward
Islands and Judge of the West Indian Court
of Appeal (1950 -1957).
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (1958
-1961).
Justice of the Federal Supreme Court of the
West Indes (1961-1962).
Justice of Appeal of the Federal Supreme Court
of the West Indes (1962).
- Honours:
Knights Bachelor (1953). |
• Sir
Edward Victor Luckhoo KB, OR, QC
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Born: 24 May 1912 in New Amsterdam, Berbice.
Died: 3 March 1998.
- Education:
Queen's College, Guyana.
St. Catherine's College, Oxford University
(BA).
- Professional
Achievements:
Called to the Bar (Middle Temple) 1931.
Admitted to practice (1936).
Queen's Counsel (1965).
- Appointed:
Magistrate from 1 March 1944 to 1 September
1947.
Justice of Appeal on 29 June 1966.
Chancellor of the Judiciary of Guyana from
18 October 1969 to 9 October 1976.
Acting Governor-General of Guyana from 29
October 1969.
Acting President of Guyana from 23 February
1970.
- Honours:
Knights Bachelor (1969).
The Order of Roraima of Guyana (1976). |
• Sir
Joseph Alexander Luckhoo KB, QC
- Born:
8 June 1917 in Georgetown.
Died: ??.
- Education:
Queen's College, Guyana.
University College, London (BSc).
Middle Temple, London
- Appointed:
Crown Counsel (1949 -1953).
Legal Draftsman (1953 -1956).
Puisne Judge (1956 -1960).
Chief Justice (1961).
- Honours:
Knights Bachelor (1963). |
• Sir
Lionel Alfred Luckhoo KCMG, CBE, QC
Born: 2 March 1914 in New Amsterdam, Berbice.
Died: 13 December 1997.
- Education:
Queen's College, Guyana.
Honourable Society of Middle Temple, London.
- Professional
Achievements:
Called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1940.
Queen's Counsel (1954).
- Elected:
Mayor of the City of Georgetown (1955 -1956).
Mayor of the City of Georgetown (1960 -1961).
- Appointed:
Member of the State Council (1952 -1953).
Minister without Portfolio (1954 -1957).
Guyana's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
(1966 -1970) and also jointly for Barbados
from 1967.
- Honours:
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
(1962).
Knighted in 1966.
Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished
Order of St. Michael and St. George (1969).
Listed in the Guinness Book of World Records
under the category "Most Successful Lawyer"
for obtaining 245 consecutive murder-charge
acquitals.
- Notes:
Lionel Luckhoo was the leader of the National
Labour Front (NFL) which won only one seat
in the General Elections of 1957. He was an
avid fan of the Turf and owned racehoreses
in Guyana and England. Following his retirement
from law practice in 1980, he became a Christian
Evangelist and founded his own Mission. |
• Sir
Shridath Surendranauth Ramphal GCMG, OE, AC,
QC
Born: 3 October 1928 in New Amsterdam, Berbice.
Educated:
Berbice High School and Queen's College, Guyana
London University (LL.B; LL.M)
Harvard Law School
Elected or Appointed:
Legal Draftsman, Federal Government of the
West Indes.
Assistant Attorney General, Federal Government
of the West Indes.
Attorney General and Minister of State, Government
of Guyana.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Government of
Guyana.
Secretary-General of the British Commonwealth
(1975 -1990)
Chancellor of the University of Guyana(1990
-1992).
Chancellor of the University of Warwick.
Chancellor of the University of the West Indes.
- Honours:
The Order of Excellence of Guyana (1983).
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished
Order of St. Michael and St. George. |
• Sir
David James Gardiner Rose GCMG, CVO, MBE, OE
Born: 1923.
Died: October 1969.
- Education:
Mount St. Mary's College, Derbyshire, England.
- Appointed:
Assistant Commissioner of Police (Crime).
Federal Defence Officer, Federal Government
of the West Indes.
Administrator of Antigua and St. Lucia (Acting).
Administrator of Antigua.
Governor General of Guyana (16 December 1966).
- Honours:
The Colonial Police Medal with bar for gallantry.
Member of the British Empire (1954).
Companion of the Victorian Order (1966).
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael
and St. George (1966).
The Order of Excellence of Guyana (1970; Posthumous). |
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