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This is a list of governors of the Bahamas. The first English settlement in the Bahamas was on Eleuthera . In 1670, the king granted the Bahamas to the lords proprietors of the Province of Carolina , but the islands were left to themselves.
t. e. The governor-general of The Bahamas is the 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 minister of The Bahamas. The functions of the governor-general include appointing ministers, judges, and ...
Cornelius Alvin Smith was born to Sylvanues and Susan Smith in North End, Long Island, Bahamas, on 7 April 1937. [3] [13] He received his primary education at Glintons Public School, Long Island, and his secondary education at the Bahamas Teachers Training College at Nassau, subsequently earning a master's degree in business administration from the University of Miami.
Residence (s) Government House, Nassau. Alma mater. St. Augustine's University. Dame Cynthia Alexandria "Mother" Pratt ON GCMG CB CD JP (born 5 November 1945) is a Bahamian politician who has served as the 12th governor-general of the Bahamas since 2023.
Cash served as Governor-General until his retirement in 1986. Cash is the longest serving Governor General in the history of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. Sir Gerald Cash died in 2003 at the age of 85 from a stroke. Cash and his wife, (the former) Dorothy Long, had two sons and one daughter.
Henry Milton Taylor. Orville Turnquest. Categories: Political office-holders in the Bahamas. Government of the Bahamas. Governors-general. Governors-General of Commonwealth countries. Bahamas and the Commonwealth of Nations.
Long Island, Bahamas. Died. 14 February 1994. (1994-02-14) (aged 90) Nassau, Bahamas. Sir Henry Milton Taylor JP (4 November 1903 – 14 February 1994 [ 1]) was the fourth governor-general of the Bahamas, serving from February 28, 1991, to January 2, 1992.
Dame Ivy Leona Dumont DCMG (née Turnquest; born 2 October 1930), [1] is a Bahamian politician who served as the seventh governor-general of the Bahamas. She was the first woman in the Bahamas to hold this office, from 1 January 2002 (on an acting basis since 13 November 2001) until 30 November 2005. She previously served as Minister of ...