James Cameron Tudor

Sir James Cameron Tudor
KCMG
Deputy Premier of Barbados
In office
1965 – November 30 1966
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byOffice Abolished
1st Deputy Prime Minister of Barbados
In office
30 November 1966 – 9 September 1971
Prime MinisterErrol Barrow
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byCuthbert Edwy Talma
Personal details
Born(1919-10-18)18 October 1919
St. Michael, Barbados
Died9 June 1995(1995-06-09) (aged 75)
Bridgetown, Barbados
OccupationPolitician

Sir James Cameron Tudor, KCMG (18 October 1919 – 9 July 1995[1]) was a Barbadian politician and diplomat, who was a founding member of the country's Democratic Labour Party in 1955. He served on the first Provisional General Council and as the first General Secretary.[2] He served as the first Deputy Prime Minister of Barbados (and previously the only deputy premier of colonial-era Barbados), education minister, high commissioner to Britain, and United Nations ambassador, and was elected to both houses of the national legislature.[3] He also worked as a broadcaster, lecturer and journalist.[citation needed]

Tudor was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1970 New Year Honours,[4] and was promoted to a Knight Commander of the Order in the 1987 list.[5]

  1. ^ "Index Tj-Tz". rulers.org. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  2. ^ "The Party". Democratic Labour Party. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference WP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "No. 45005". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1969. p. 51.
  5. ^ "No. 50767". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1986. p. 39.