Knight or Dame of St Andrew

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Ribbon of the Order of Barbados

Knight or Dame of St Andrew was an award within the Order of Barbados that was part of the national honours system of the Kingdom of Barbados.

History[]

The Order of Barbados of the Kingdom of Barbados was instituted by Queen Elizabeth II by letters patent dated 25 July 1980.^[1] With Barbados becoming a republic on 30 November 2021, a new Order of Barbados came into force that was established with the Barbados National Honors and Decorations Act 2021 by the Parliament of Barbados on 28 October 2021, and which replaced the former Order of the Kingdom of Barbados.^[2] Due to this, the former Order became obsolete and appointments of Knights and Dames of St. Andrew have also ceased. However, all appointments conferred prior to 30 November 2021 pursuant to the Letters Patent are continued to be acknowledged as validly conferred, and with the Knights or Dames deemed to be members of the new Order.^[2]

Prestige[]

Until Barbados ceased to be a monarchy and became a republic on 30 November 2021, Knight or Dame of St. Andrew was the highest honour given by the monarch of Barbados, and was awarded for "extraordinary and outstanding achievement and merit in service to Barbados or to humanity at large".

Most recipients were invested in November during the month-long celebration of Barbadian political independence. When the country was a monarchy, the award was conferred to awardees by the office of the Governor-General of Barbados.

Styles[]

Conferees are styled as a Knight or Dame of St Andrew. They carry the prefix Sir or Dame, and the post-nominal letters KA (Knight of St Andrew) or DA (Dame of St Andrew).

Recipients[]

Arranged by Prefix, name, nominal letters, date of bestowal:

• Sir , KA (July 1980)
• Dame Elsie Payne, DA (July 1980)
• Sir , KA (July 1980)
• Dame Nita Barrow, GCMG, DA, OCC (November 1980)
• Sir , KA, OBE (November 1980)
• Sir , KA, CBE (November 1980)
• Sir , KA, OBE (November 1982)
• Sir , KA (November 1982)
• Sir , KA, OBE (November 1983)
• Sir , KA, CMG, OBE (November 1984)
• Sir Frank Blackman, KCVO, KA, OBE (November 1985)
• Senator Sir Frank Walcott, KA, OBE (November 1987)
• Sir , KA (November 1987)
• Sir Frederick Smith, KA, QC (November 1987)
• Sir , KA (November 1988)
• Sir , KA, MBE, JP (November 1988)
• Sir , KA, CBE, JP (November 1989)
• The Hon. Sir Douglas Percy Lynch, KA, CMG, QC (November 1990)
• Sir , KA (November 1990)
• Sir , KA, OBE (November 1992)
• Sir , KA (November 1993)
• Sir Clyde Leopold Walcott, KA, OBE, AA (November 1993)
• The Hon. Sir Harold Bernard St. John, KA, QC (November 1994)
• Sir Clifford Straughn Husbands, KA (November 1995)
• Dame Edna Ermyntrude Bourne, DA (November 1995)
• His Honour Sir , KA (November 1996)
• Sir , KA, QC (November 1997)
• Sir Courtney Blackman, KA (November 1998)
• Sir Conrad Hunte, KA (November 1998)
• Sir , KA (November 1999)
• The Rt. Hon. Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, KA, JP (November 2000)
• The Rt. Rev. Sir Wilfred Denniston Wood, KA, JP (November 2000)
• Sir David Anthony Cathcart Simmons, KA, BCH (November 2001)
• Sir , KA, CBE (November 2002)
• Sir Roy Cardinal Trotman, KA (November 2002)
• The Hon. Dame Billie Antoinette Miller, DA, BCH, MP (November 2003)
• Sir , KA, FRCP (November 2003)
• The Hon. Sir , KA, QC, JP (November 2005)
• Dame Olga Christine Lopes-Seale, DA, GCM, MBE, BSS (November 2005)
• Sir Louis Randall Tull, KA, QC, MP (November 2006)
• Sir Hilary McDonald Beckles, KA (November 2007)
• Sir Kyffin Donald Simpson, KA, CBE (November 2007)
• Sir Philip Marlowe Greaves, KA, QC (November 2008)
• Sir Maurice Athelstan King, KA, QC (November 2008)
• Sir , KA (November 2009)
• Sir Branford Mayhew Taitt, KA (November 2010)
• The Hon. Sir , KA (November 2011)
• Sir , KA (November 2012)
• Sir , KA (November 2012)
• Sir , KA (November 2013)
• Sir , KA (November 2013)
• Sir Charles Christopher Griffith, KA (November 2017)
• Sir , KA, CBE, BJH (November 2018)
• Sir , KA, BCH, QC (November 2018)
• Dame , DA, SCM 9(November 2018)
• Sir , KA, GCM, QC (December 2020)
• Sir , KA, GCM, CVO (December 2020)

See also[]

• Awards of Queen Elizabeth

References[]

• Barbados Honours List 2005