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Attorney-General of Barbados
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The Attorney-General of Barbados is the primary legal advisor to the Government of Barbados.[1]
Legal basis
According to Article 72 of the Constitution of Barbados, the Attorney-General holds ministerial rank in the government.[1] He may, in the case of certain offences, give general or special directions to the Director of Public Prosecutions, which the latter must follow.
List of attorneys-general
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- Robert Hooper c.1693 [2]
- Edward Chilton, 1698 to 1705 [3]
- Thomas Hodges, FRS ?1706 to ?1721 [4]
- Jonathan Blenman, 1726 to [5]
- Blenman 1728 to [5]
- Timothy Blenman, 1741 to [5]
- Henry Beckles, 1770 to 1772 [6]
- Robert Burnett
- Anthony Chester
- Robert Burnett Jones
- John Beckles, 1807 to 1823 [7]
- Matthew Coulthurst, to 1824 [8]
- Samuel Hinds, 1824 to 1826 [9][10]
- Henry Edward Sharpe, 1826 to 1828 [11][12]
- John Paynter Musson, 1828 to 1831 [13][14]
- Henry Edward Sharpe, 1831 to c. 1838 [15][16]
- post of Attorney-General of Barbados vacant, c. 1838 to 1841
- Henry Edward Sharpe, 1841 to 1846 [17][18]
- John Sealy, 1846 to >1869 [19][18]
- Francis Fleming, 1878 to 1882[20]
- William Conrad Reeves, 1882 to 1886l[21][22]
- Sir Henry Alleyne Bovell, 1886 to aft.1893
- G. Aubrey Goodman, 1907 to 1913
- Hon Sir Charles Pitcher Clarke, 1913 to 1925
- Sir Kenneth Elliston Poyser, 1925 to 1928
- Ernest Allan Collymore, 1928 to 1936
- Edward Keith Walcott, 1936 to 1946
- Sir John Whyatt, 1948 to 1951
- Sir William Campbell Wylie, 1951 to 1955
- Barbados became independent, 1966
- Sir Frederick Smith, 1966 to 1971
- George Moe, 1971 to 1976 [23]
- Sir Henry de Boulay Forde, 1976 to 1981 [24]
- Louis Randall Tull, 1981 to 1985[25]
- Sir David Anthony Simmons, 1985 to 1986
- Maurice Athelstan King, 1986 to 1994[26]
- Sir David Anthony Simmons, 1994 to 2001
- Mia Mottley, 2001 to 2006 [1st female][27]
- Dale Marshall, 2006 to 2008
- Freundel Stuart, 2008 to 2010 (departed the position to become acting PM)
- Adriel Brathwaite, 2010 to 2018
- Dale Marshall, 2018 to Present [28][29]
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