Errol barrow biography

Errol Walton Barrow PC QC (21 January – 1 June ) was a Barbadian statesman and the first prime minister of Barbados.!

Errol Walton Barrow PC QC was a Barbadian statesman and the first prime minister of Barbados.

Errol Walton Barrow (21 January – 1 June ) was a distinguished Barbadian statesman, visionary leader and a champion of Caribbean unity.

Errol Walton Barrow PC QC (21 January – 1 June ) was a Barbadian statesman and the first prime minister of Barbados.

Errol Walton Barrow was born in Nesfield, Barbados, on 21 January A gifted student, Barrow won three scholarships, the last in to study Classics.

Errol Barrow, who served as prime minister in –76 and –87, helped form the Caribbean Free Trade Association, which became the Caribbean Community and.

Errol Barrow

Barbadian politician

Errol Walton BarrowPCQC (21 January 1920 – 1 June 1987) was a Barbadian statesman and the first prime minister of Barbados. Born into a family of political and civic activists in the parish of Saint Lucy, he became a WWII aviator, combat veteran, lawyer, politician, gourmet cook and author.

He is often referred to as the "Father of Independence" in Barbados.^[1]

Early life

Errol Walton Barrow was born on 21 January 1920 in Saint Lucy, Barbados, the fourth of five children born to the Rev.

Reginald Grant Barrow (1889–1980) and his wife Ruth Albertha (née O'Neal) (1884–1939). Ruth was the daughter of a prosperous blacksmith whose success allowed him to purchase the plantation at Saint Lucy, where Errol would later be born.^[2]

Reverend Barrow, an Anglican priest, had been appointed headmaster of the Alleyne school after his sermons as curate of St Lucy parish church brought him into conflict with the island's ruling