Dictionary definition: Adams, Sir Grantley Herbert

Article: STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUES BACKGROUND NOTE ON BARBADOS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... political rights. One of the leaders of this movement, Sir Grantley Adams, founded the Barbados Labor Party in 1938. Progress ... was one of 10 members of the West Indies Federation, and Sir Grantley Adams served as its first and only prime minister. When

About Barbados.(Introduction)
Barbados Adventure Guide, 4th ed.;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... a movement for political rights, under the leadership of Sir Grantley Adams, got underway. Finally, in 1942, women received ... merchants finally lost control of the government, and in 1958, Sir Grantley Adams became Premier of Barbados. In the following years ...

Article: Obituary: Sir Hugh Springer
The Independent - London;  May 3, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... white plantocracy and businessmen. Springer joined a formidable black barrister and member of the House, Grantley (later Sir Grantley) Adams, in creating the Progressive League, which, as General Secretary, and with his unerring vision and organisational ...

Article: BARBADOS: OWEN ARTHUR LOSES BID FOR FOURTH TERM.
Interpress Service;  January 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Barbados Labor Party was trounced by the Democratic Labor Party (DLP), led by J.M.G. "Tom" Adams, the only son of Sir Grantley Adams, who headed the government in the failed West Indian Federation. Arthur said his party had conducted a "good campaign ...

Article: Barbados: beaches, surfing, calypso and beautiful views.
Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH);  September 5, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... features the 1854 white-and-orange house of coral and ballast bricks with green shutters. It was the one-time home of Sir Grantley and Lady Adams. He was the first premier of the island, which became independent from Britain in 1966. A local village ...

Article: PM denies Federation report
The Weekly Gleaner;  December 25, 2002 ;     692 words ... ... after Jamaica voted, in a referendum, to secede. It had embraced ten states and lasted just four year, with the late Sir Grantley Adams of Barbados being the only Prime Minister of the ill-fated federation. Following the collapse in 1962, all of the ...

Article: Barbados:isla lista para el mundo.(TT: Barbados :island ready for ...
Américas (Spanish Edition);  May 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... isla es Tyrol Cot Heritage Village, lugar histrico situado en las afueras de Bridgetown. All puede visitarse la casa de Sir Grantley Adams --lder de la lucha por la democracia de Barbados-- as como una aldea que contiene rplicas perfectas de ese icono ...