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Former Barbadian order of chivalry
Award
Knight or Dame of St Andrew Country
Barbados Status Obsolete Established 25 July 1980
Knight or Dame of St Andrew was an award within the
Order of Barbados that was part of the
national honours system of Barbados when the country was still a
realm within the Commonwealth .
History
The Order of Barbados was instituted by
Queen Elizabeth II by
letters patent dated 25 July 1980.
[1] With Barbados becoming a republic on 30 November 2021, a new Order of Barbados came into force that was established with the Barbados National Honours and Decorations Act 2021 by the
Parliament of Barbados on 28 October 2021, and which replaced the former Order of Barbados.
[2] Due to this, the former Order became obsolete and appointments of Knights and Dames of St. Andrew have also ceased. However, all appointments conferred prior to 30 November 2021 pursuant to the Letters Patent are continued to be acknowledged as validly conferred, and with the Knights or Dames deemed to be members of the new Order.
[2]
Prestige
Until Barbados ceased to be a
constitutional monarchy and
became a republic on 30 November 2021, Knight or Dame of St. Andrew was the highest honour given by the
monarch of Barbados , and was awarded for "extraordinary and outstanding achievement and merit in service to Barbados or to humanity at large".[
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Most recipients were invested in November during the month-long celebration of Barbadian political independence. When the country was a
monarchy , the award was conferred to awardees by the office of the
Governor-General of Barbados .
Styles
Conferees are styled as a Knight or Dame of St Andrew. They carry the prefix Sir or Dame, and the
post-nominal letters KA (Knight of St Andrew) or DA (Dame of St Andrew).
Recipients
Arranged by prefix, name,
post-nominal letters , date of conferral:
Sir
MacDonald Blunt , KA (July 1980)
Dame
Elsie Payne , DA (July 1980)
Sir
Erskine Ward , KA (July 1980)
Dame
Nita Barrow , GCMG, DA, OCC (November 1980)
Sir
Kenneth Hunte , KA, OBE (November 1980)
Sir
Edwy Talma , KA, CBE (November 1980)
Sir
Maurice Byer , KA, OBE (November 1982)
Sir
Ronald Mapp , KA (November 1982)
Sir
Neville Osborne , KA, OBE (November 1983)
Sir
Donald Wiles , KA, CMG, OBE (November 1984)
Sir
Frank Blackman , KCVO, KA, OBE (November 1985)
Senator Sir
Frank Walcott , KA, OBE (November 1987)
Sir
Keith Donnerson Hunte , KA (November 1987)
Sir
Frederick Smith , KA, QC (November 1987)
Sir
Stanley Augustus Blanchette , KA (November 1988)
Sir
William Harvey Clyde Gollop , KA, MBE, JP (November 1988)
Sir
Kenmore Nathaniel Rhystone Husbands , KA, CBE, JP (November 1989)
The Hon. Sir
Douglas Percy Lynch , KA, CMG, QC (November 1990)
Sir
Neville Vernon Nicholls , KA (November 1990)
Sir
James Cliviston King , KA, OBE (November 1992)
Sir
John Stanley Goddard , KA (November 1993)
Sir
Clyde Leopold Walcott , KA, OBE, AA (November 1993)
The Hon. Sir
Harold Bernard St. John , KA, QC (November 1994)
Sir
Clifford Straughn Husbands , KA (November 1995)
Dame
Edna Ermyntrude Bourne , DA (November 1995)
His Honour Sir
Fred Winlyn Gollop , KA (November 1996)
Sir
Henry deBoulay Forde , KA, QC (November 1997)
Sir
Courtney Blackman , KA (November 1998)
Sir
Conrad Hunte , KA (November 1998)
Sir
Stephen Errol Emtage , KA (November 1999)
The Rt. Hon. Sir
Lloyd Erskine Sandiford , KA, JP (November 2000)
The Rt. Rev. Sir
Wilfred Denniston Wood , KA, JP (November 2000)
Sir
David Anthony Cathcart Simmons , KA, BCH (November 2001)
Sir
Aubrey Gordon Leacock , KA, CBE (November 2002)
Sir
Roy Cardinal Trotman , KA (November 2002)
The Hon. Dame
Billie Antoinette Miller , DA, BCH, MP (November 2003)
Sir
Richard Christopher Haynes , KA, FRCP (November 2003)
The Hon. Sir
Richard Lionel Cheltenham , KA, QC, JP (November 2005)
Dame
Olga Christine Lopes-Seale , DA, GCM, MBE, BSS (November 2005)
Sir
Louis Randall Tull , KA, QC, MP (November 2006)
Sir
Hilary McDonald Beckles , KA (November 2007)
Sir
Kyffin Donald Simpson , KA, CBE (November 2007)
Sir
Philip Marlowe Greaves , KA, QC (November 2008)
Sir
Maurice Athelstan King , KA, QC (November 2008)
Sir
Marcus deLambert Jordan , KA (November 2009)
Sir
Branford Mayhew Taitt , KA (November 2010)
The Hon. Sir
Errol Ricardo Walrond , KA (November 2011)
Sir
Marston Creighton Dacosta Gibson , KA (November 2012)
Sir
Frank Walton Alleyne , KA (November 2012)
Sir
Trevor Austin Carmichael , KA (November 2013)
Sir
Trevor Austin Hassell , KA (November 2013)
Sir
Charles Christopher Griffith , KA (November 2017)
Sir
Kenneth Rudolph Hewitt , KA, CBE, BJH (November 2018)
Sir
Philip Evan Serrao , KA, BCH, QC (November 2018)
Dame
Avisene Caesaretta Carrington , DA, SCM 9(November 2018)
Sir
Patterson Keith Herman Cheltenham , KA, GCM, QC (December 2020)
Sir
Rudyard Eggleton Carrington Lewis , KA, GCM, CVO (December 2020)
See also
References