Paul Scoon

The Right Honourable Sir Paul Scoon GCMG GCVO OBE
Sir Paul Scoon in 1983
2nd Governor-General of Grenada
In office 30 September 1978 – 6 August 1992
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Eric Gairy (1978-79) Maurice Bishop (1979-83) Bernard Coard (1983) Hudson Austin (1983) Nicholas Brathwaite (1983-84) Herbert Blaize (1984-89) Ben Jones (1989-90) Nicholas Brathwaite (1990-92)
Preceded by	Sir Leo de Gale
Succeeded by	Sir Reginald Palmer
Personal details
Born	(1935-07-04)4 July 1935 Gouyave, British Windward Islands
Died	2 September 2013(2013-09-02) (aged 78) St. Paul's, Grenada
Nationality	Grenadian
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	University of Leeds University of Toronto

Sir Paul Godwin Scoon GCMG GCVO OBE (4 July 1935 – 2 September 2013), was Governor-General of Grenada from 1978 to 1992. His tenure is notable for its hectic events related to the rise and fall of the People's Revolutionary Government, as well as his personal involvement and support of the Invasion of Grenada.

Scoon was born on 4 July 1935 in Gouyave, a town on the west coast of Grenada. He attended St. John's Anglican School and then the Grenada Boys' Secondary School. Scoon then received an external degree from the University of London before going on to study at the University of Leeds, England, and gaining an M.Ed. at the University of Toronto, Canada. He returned to Grenada to teach at the Grenada Boys' Secondary School. Following a career rising from Chief Education Officer to finally becoming Secretary to the Cabinet, the head of Grenada's Civil Service. He was awarded the OBE in 1970 and in 1973 he returned to London to fill the post of Deputy Director of the Commonwealth Foundation.

In 1978, Scoon was appointed Governor-General of Grenada by Queen Elizabeth II, on the advice of Prime Minister Sir Eric Gairy. However, the following year, the New Jewel Movement—led by Maurice Bishop and his former pupils, Bernard Coard and Hudson Austin—overthrew Gairy.