Embassy of Barbados, Washington, D.C.
Embassy of Barbados, Washington, D.C. | |
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Location | Washington, D.C. 20008 |
Address | 2144 Wyoming Avenue, N.W. |
Coordinates | 38°55′1″N 77°2′55.46″W / 38.91694°N 77.0487389°WCoordinates: 38°55′1″N 77°2′55.46″W / 38.91694°N 77.0487389°W |
Ambassador | Noel Anderson Lynch |
Website | http://www.foreign.gov.bb/ |
The Embassy of Barbados in Washington, D.C. is the primary diplomatic mission of Barbados to the United States of America, and the Organisation of American States (OAS).[1] It is maintained by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Barbados. The present Ambassador is , appointed on October 1, 2018, who replaced Selwin Charles Hart.[2][3]
It is located to the East of the official Embassy Row area at 2144 N.W. in Washington, D.C.'s Kalorama neighborhood.[4][5]
Overview[]
The embassy also operates two Consulates-General in: Miami and New York City;[4] a Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City;[4] and it is also further supported by a collection of Honorary Consulates in: Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Louisville, New Orleans, Portland, San Francisco, and Toledo.[6]
Accreditation[]
The Barbados Embassy in Washington, D.C. is also concurrently accredited as non-resident Ambassador to: Costa Rica, Mexico and Nicaragua.
Heads of mission[]
Representative | Title | Appointed & (Presentation of Credentials) |
Termination of Mission |
Appointed by |
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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 1, 1967[7] | – | Errol Barrow (G.G. John Montague Stow) | |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 1, 1968 | – | Errol Barrow (G.G. Arleigh Winston Scott) | |
Counselor, Charge d'Affaires ad interim | May 22, 1974 | – | ||
Cecil Beaumont Williams | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 25, 1974 (August 19, 1974) |
– | |
Counselor, Charge d'Affaires ad interim | December 16, 1975 | – | ||
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | January 28, 1976 (February 9, 1976) |
– | ||
Counselor, Charge d'Affaires ad interim | September 24, 1976 | – | John "Tom" Adams (G. G. William Douglas) | |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 13, 1977 (May 16, 1977) |
– | John "Tom" Adams (G. G. Deighton Lisle Ward) | |
Charge d'Affaires ad interim | December 26, 1980 | – | ||
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | February 4, 1981 (February 24, 1981) |
– | ||
Minister-Counselor, Charge d'Affaires ad interim | July 28, 1983) | – | ||
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 15, 1983 (November 21, 1983) |
– | ||
Sir William Randolph Douglas | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 7, 1987 (May 11, 1987) |
– | Errol Barrow (G. G. Hugh Springer) |
Dr. Rudi Valentine Webster | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 5, 1991 (November 25, 1991) |
– | Erskine Sandiford (G. G. Ruth Nita Barrow) |
Dr. Sir Courtney N. Blackman, KA | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | February 8, 1995 (March 20, 1995) |
– | Owen Seymour Arthur (G. G. Ruth Nita Barrow) |
[8] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 10, 2000 (December 7, 2000) |
– | Owen Seymour Arthur (G. G. Sir Clifford Husbands) |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | January 29, 2009 (May 20, 2000) |
June 30, 2016 | David Thompson (G. G. Sir Clifford Husbands) | |
Selwin Charles Hart | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 1, 2016
(January 18, 2017) |
August 15, 2018 | Freundel Stuart (G.G. Sir Eliot Belgrave) |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 1, 2018
(January 11, 2019) |
Current | Mia Amor Mottley (G.G. Dame Sandra Mason) |
History of visits[]
- List of diplomatic visits to the United States: North America and the Caribbean#Barbados
Chancery building history[]
Former entities located at 2144 Wyoming:
- (~1912– ~1917), Naval Officer[9]
- Katharine Price Collier (~1918)[10]
- Mabel Grouitch (June 1919)[11]
- Frank L. Smith, U.S. House of Representatives (~1920)[12]
- Legation of Finland 1940–1950[13]
- Austria (~1953– ~1956)[14]
- Embassy of Morocco ( ~1958–1962)
- Embassy of Syrian Arab Republic (~1962–1965)
See also[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Embassy of Barbados (Washington, D.C.). |
- Diplomatic missions of Barbados
- List of diplomatic missions in Washington, D.C.
- Barbados – United States relations
References[]
- ^ "OAS :: Authorities : Permanent Representatives to the OAS". oas.org. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
- ^ "New Heads Of Overseas Missions Announced". Barbados Government Information Service. Barbados Government Information Service. August 31, 2018. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ "Three picks seen as strategic". Nation Newspaper. Nation Publishing Company. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
- ^ a b c Department of State (12 August 2011). "Background Note: Barbados". Government of the United States of America. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ Embassy of Barbados, VirtualGlobetrotting
- ^ List of Barbadian Honorary Consulates (as of September 2011), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Barbados
- ^ "The Morning Record - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 2017-02-18.
- ^ "AllGov - Nations". allgov.com. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
- ^ The American Blue Book of Biography: Men of 1912-. American Publishers' association. 1919. p. 439. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
- ^ Brooklyn Blue Book. Brooklyn Life Publishing Company. 1919. p. 78. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
- ^ Town & Country. Hearst Corporation. 1919. pp. 4–50. ISSN 0040-9952. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
- ^ United States. Congress; United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Printing (1920). Official Congressional Directory. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 462. ISSN 0160-9890. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
- ^ The Finnish embassy's previous locations, The many homes of Embassy of Finland in Washington D.C. - by Marja Guercin, Public Affairs 1971–2003
- ^ Alexander Hamilton United States Custom House (New York, N.Y.) (1956). Custom House Guide. Custom House Guide. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
External links[]
- Official website
- Diplomatic Representation for Barbados, U.S. State Department
- Diplomatic missions in Washington, D.C.
- Diplomatic missions of Barbados
- Barbados–United States relations
- Architecture in Washington, D.C.