List of speakers of the House of Assembly of Barbados
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Speaker of the House of Assembly of Barbados is the presiding officer of House of Assembly of Barbados.
Below is a list of office-holders:
| Name | Entered office | Left office |
|---|---|---|
| Colonel Thomas Modyford | 1652 | 1652 |
| Colonel Thomas Modyford | 1654 | 1654 |
| Lieutenant Colonel Simon Lambert | 1660 | 1660 |
| Colonel John Burch | 1661 | 1661 |
| Colonel Thomas Modyford | 1661 | 1664 |
| Samuel Farmer | 1665 | 1665 |
| Samuel Farmer | 1667 | 1667 |
| John Jennings | 1667 | 1667 |
| Henry Walrond | 1669 | 1671 |
| Lieutenant Colonel Simon Lambert | 1669 | 1673 |
| Colonel Christopher Codrington | 1674 | 1674 |
| Colonel William Sharpe | 1676 | 1678 |
| Colonel Christopher Codrington | 1678 | 1678 |
| Colonel Richard | 1679 | 1681 |
| Colonel Christopher Codrington | 1681 | 1681 |
| Colonel Christopher Codrington | 1682 | 1682 |
| Colonel William Sharpe | 1682 | 1683 |
| Richard Seawell | 1684 | 1685 |
| John Reid | 1685 | 1687 |
| John Farmer | 1687 | 1688 |
| Judge Foster | 1688 | 1689 |
| John Reid | 1689 | 1689 |
| Wm. Foster | 1690 | 1690 |
| Robert Harper | 1690 | 1690 |
| J. Bromley | 1690 | 1691 |
| John Mills | 1691 | 1692 |
| Willoughby Chamberlaine | 1692 | 1693 |
| Colonel Waterman | 1693 | 1695 |
| Colonel Robert Bishop | 1695 | 1696 |
| Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Maxwell | 1697 | 1700 |
| James Colleton | 1700 | 1701 |
| Lieutenant Colonel Richard Downes | 1701 | 1702 |
| Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Maxwell | 1702 | 1702 |
| Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Maxwell | 1703 | 1703 |
| William Holder | 1703 | 1706 |
| Wm. Wheeler | 1706 | 1707 |
| Lieutenant Colonel Richard Downes | 1708 | 1712 |
| Reynold Alleyne | 1712 | 1712 |
| William Carter | 1712 | 1712 |
| William Carter | 1714 | 1714 |
| Reynold Alleyne | 1714 | 1715 |
| William Carter | 1715 | 1717 |
| Edmund Sutton | 1717 | 1720 |
| George Forester | 1722 | 1723 |
| Henry Peers | 1727 | 1731 |
| Henry Peers | 1736 | 1740 |
| John Lyte | 1740 | 1742 |
| Sir William Gibbons, Bart | 1742 | 1760 |
| John Lyte | 1760 | 1762 |
| John Gay Alleyne, Bart | 1767 | 1770 |
| Samson Wood | 1770 | 1772 |
| John Gay Alleyne, Bart | 1772 | 1779 |
| Samson Wood | 1780 | 1787 |
| Joshua Gittens | 1797 | 1804 |
| John Beckles | 1804 | 1819 |
| Thomas Griffith | 1819 | 1821 |
| Cheeseman Moe | 1823 | 1825 |
| Robert Haynes | 1825 | 1829 |
| Colonel Nathaniel Forte | 1829 | 1835 |
| Samuel Hinds | 1836 | 1839 |
| Sr. R.B. Clarke | 1839 | 1840 |
| George Taylor | 1841 | 1846 |
| Francis Gooding, M.B. | 1846 | 1847 |
| Sir John Thomas | 1847 | 1860 |
| Charles Packer, Chief Justice of Barbados, Esq. | 1861 | 1867 |
| Thomas Gill | 1867 | 1870 |
| Edmund Lee Haynes | 1870 | 1870 |
| Agustus Briggs | 1871 | 1875 |
| John Glasgow Grant | 1875 | 1879 |
| George C. Pil | 1879 | 1880 |
| Henry Pilgrim | 1880 | 1880 |
| John Kellman | 1881 | 1883 |
| Archibald Pile, C.M.G. | 1883 | 1885 |
| Timothy Yearwood | 1886 | 1887 |
| Archibald Pile, C.M.G. | 1887 | 1889 |
| W. H. Greaves | 1889 | 1890 |
| Archibald Pile, C.M.G. | 1891 | 1898 |
| Sir Frederick James Clarke, K.C.M.G.,[1] V.D., Esq. | 1898 | 1934 |
| G. D. L. Pile, O.B.E. | 1934 | 1934 |
| Sir Harold B.G. Austin, O.B.E. | 1934 | 1937 |
| G. D. L. Pile, O.B.E. | 1937 | 1937 |
| Sir Harold B.G. Austin, O.B.E. | 1938 | 1942 |
| G. D. L. Pile, O.B.E. | 1942 | 1944 |
| G. M. Evelyn | 1944 | 1948 |
| Sir Kenmore N. R. Husbands | 1948 | 1956 |
| Sir Hugh Gordon Cummins, C.B.E. | 1956 | 1958 |
| Sir John Eustace Theodore Brancker. Q.C.[2] | 1961 | 1971[3] |
| Neville G. A. Maxwell, Esq., LL.B. | 1971 | 1976 |
| C. A. Eyre Hoppin, Esq., | 1976 | 1976 |
| W. C. Burton Hinds, Esq. | 1976 | 1984 |
| C. Lindsay Bolden, Esq., LL.B. | 1984 | 1986 |
| Lawson A. Weekes, G.C.M., J.P., M.P. | 1986 | 1994 |
| His hon. Ishmael A. Roett, G.C.M., M.P. | 1994 | 2008 |
| His hon. Michael A. Carrington, M.P. | 2008 | 2018 |
| His hon. Arthur E. Holder, M.P. | 2018 |
Notes
Please add George Giles Martin, 1665
https://www.barbadosparliament.com/main_page_content/show_content/7
Sources
- [1] Official website of the Parliament of Barbados
- Speakers of the House of Assembly
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