List of speakers of the House of Assembly of Barbados

Speaker of the House of Assembly of Barbados is the presiding officer of House of Assembly of Barbados. According to Section 45A(2) of the Constitution, the Speaker shall not be a member of either the House of Assembly or the Senate of Barbados.

Below is a list of office-holders:

NameEntered officeLeft officeColonel Thomas Modyford16521652Colonel Thomas Modyford16541654Lieutenant Colonel Simon Lambert16601660Colonel John Burch16611661Colonel Thomas Modyford16611664Samuel Farmer16651665Samuel Farmer16671667John Jennings16671667Henry Walrond16691671Lieutenant Colonel Simon Lambert16691673Colonel Christopher Codrington16741674Colonel William Sharpe16761678Colonel Christopher Codrington16781678Colonel Richard16791681Colonel Christopher Codrington16811681Colonel Christopher Codrington16821682Colonel William Sharpe16821683Richard Seawell16841685John Reid16851687John Farmer16871688Judge Foster16881689John Reid16891689Wm. Foster16901690Robert Harper16901690J. Bromley16901691John Mills16911692Willoughby Chamberlaine16921693Colonel Waterman16931695Colonel Robert Bishop16951696Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Maxwell16971700James Colleton17001701Lieutenant Colonel Richard Downes17011702Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Maxwell17021702Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Maxwell17031703William Holder17031706Wm. Wheeler17061707Lieutenant Colonel Richard Downes17081712Reynold Alleyne17121712William Carter17121712William Carter17141714Reynold Alleyne17141715William Carter17151717Edmund Sutton17171720George Forester17221723Henry Peers17271731Henry Peers17361740John Lyte17401742Sir William Gibbons, Bart17421760John Lyte17601762John Gay Alleyne, Bart17671770Samson Wood17701772John Gay Alleyne, Bart17721779Samson Wood17801787Joshua Gittens17971804John Beckles18041819Thomas Griffith18191821Cheeseman Moe18231825Robert Haynes18251829Colonel Nathaniel Forte18291835Samuel Hinds18361839Sr. R.B. Clarke18391840George Taylor18411846Francis Gooding, M.B.18461847Sir John Thomas18471860Charles Packer, Chief Justice of Barbados, Esq.18611867Thomas Gill18671870Edmund Lee Haynes18701870Agustus Briggs18711875John Glasgow Grant18751879George C. Pil18791880Henry Pilgrim18801880John Kellman18811883Archibald Pile, C.M.G.18831885Timothy Yearwood18861887Archibald Pile, C.M.G.18871889W. H. Greaves18891890Archibald Pile, C.M.G.18911898Sir Frederick James Clarke, K.C.M.G., V.D., Esq.18981934G. D. L. Pile, O.B.E.19341934Sir Harold B.G. Austin, O.B.E.19341937G. D. L. Pile, O.B.E.19371937Sir Harold B.G. Austin, O.B.E.19381942G. D. L. Pile, O.B.E.19421944G. M. Evelyn19441948Sir Kenmore N. R. Husbands19481956Sir Hugh Gordon Cummins, C.B.E.19561958Sir John Eustace Theodore Brancker. Q.C.London Gazette19611971Neville G. A. Maxwell, Esq., LL.B.19711976C. A. Eyre Hoppin, Esq.,19761976W. C. Burton Hinds, Esq.19761984C. Lindsay Bolden, Esq., LL.B.19841986Lawson A. Weekes, G.C.M., J.P., M.P.19861994His hon. Ishmael A. Roett, G.C.M., M.P.19942008His hon. Michael A. Carrington, M.P.20082018His hon. Arthur E. Holder, M.P.2018

Notes

Please add George Giles Martin, 1665 https://www.barbadosparliament.com/main_page_content/show_content/7

Sources Official website of the Parliament of Barbados Speakers of the House of Assembly

See also Speaker (politics)