Hugh Springer

His Excellency The Most Excellent Sir
Hugh Springer
GCMG CBE
4th Governor-General of Barbados
In office
24 February 1984 – 6 June 1990
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterHarold Bernard St. John
Errol Barrow
Lloyd Erskine Sandiford
Preceded byDeighton Lisle Ward
Succeeded byNita Barrow
Personal details
Born(1913-06-22)22 June 1913
Saint Michael, Barbados
Died14 April 1994(1994-04-14) (aged 80)
Bridgetown, Barbados
SpouseDorothy Gittens
Alma materHarrison College
Hertford College, Oxford

Sir Hugh Worrell Springer GCMG CBE[1] (22 June 1913 – 14 April 1994)[2] was the organiser and first general secretary of the Barbados Workers' Union, and Barbados' fourth governor-general.[3] He was a lawyer, politician and public servant.[4] By an act of Parliament in 1998, Springer was named as one of the eleven National Heroes of Barbados.[5]

  1. ^ "No. 49669". The London Gazette. 9 March 1984. p. 3453.
  2. ^ "Sir Hugh Springer". Obituaries. The Times. No. 64933. London. 20 April 1994. p. 19.
  3. ^ Hugh Springer, Rulers.org
  4. ^ Oxford, University of. "Portraying Diversity at Oxford, Equality and Diversity". www.admin.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2018-09-15. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  5. ^ Parliament of Barbados (2009). "Parliament's History". Barbadosparliament.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2011.