Grantley Adams
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The Right Excellent Sir Grantley Adams CMG, QC |
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| 1st Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation | |
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In office 18 April 1958 – 31 May 1962 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor-General | Patrick Buchan-Hepburn |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Succeeded by | Position Abolished |
| 1st Premier of Barbados | |
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In office 1 February 1953 – 17 April 1958 |
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| Monarch |
George VI Elizabeth II |
| Governor |
Alfred Savage Robert Arundell |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Cummins |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 April 1898 Saint Michael, British Windward Islands |
| Died |
28 November 1971 (aged 73) Saint Michael, Barbados |
| Political party | Barbados Labour |
| Other political affiliations |
West Indies Federal Labour |
Sir Grantley Herbert Adams, CMG, QC (28 April 1898 – 28 November 1971), was a Barbadian and British West Indian statesman. Adams was a founder of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP), and he was named in 1998 as one of the National Heroes of Barbados.
Adams was born at Colliston, Government Hill, St. Michael, on 28 April 1898. He was the third child of seven born to Fitzherbert Adams and the former Rosa Frances Turney. Adams was educated at St. Giles primary school and at Harrison College in Barbados. In 1918, he won the BScholarship and departed the following year for his undergraduate studies at Oxford University. Adams played a single match of first-class cricket for Barbados during the 1925–26 season, as a wicket-keeper against British Guiana in the Inter-Colonial Tournament.
Adams was married to Grace Thorne in 1929 at St. John's Church. Their only child, Tom, himself won the Barbados Scholarship and attended Oxford to become a lawyer. Tom Adams would later be elected as Barbados' second Prime Minister in 1976.
Adams was president of the Barbados Workers' Union (BWU) from 1941 to 1954 he was NOT THE PRIME MINSTER. While being a staunch supporter of the monarchy, Adams and his party also demanded more rights for the poor and for the people. Progress toward a more democratic government in Barbados was made in 1942, when the exclusive income qualification was lowered Needed to get a job and women were given the right to vote. By 1949, governmental control was wrested from the planters
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