Grantley Herbert Adams

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Grantley Herbert Adams was a Barbadian statesman and lawyer who became the first and only Prime Minister of the short-lived West Indies Federation and a leading figure in Caribbean politics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
lawyer
politician
statesman
awardReceived Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
birthDate 1898-04-28
birthPlace Bridgetown
surface form: Bridgetown, Barbados
child Tom Adams
commemoratedBy Grantley Adams International Airport
statues in Barbados
continentOfCitizenship North America
countryOfCitizenship Barbados
deathDate 1971-11-28
deathPlace Bridgetown
surface form: Bridgetown, Barbados
educatedAt Harrison College
University of Oxford
surface form: Oxford University

St Catherine’s College, Oxford
surface form: St Catherine's Society, Oxford
ethnicGroup Afro-Barbadian
familyName Adams
fieldOfWork law
politics
gender male
givenName Grantley
hasCauseOfDeath heart attack
honorificPrefix Sir
ideology labourism
influenced Caribbean regional integration
memberOfPoliticalParty Barbados Labour Party
middleName Herbert
name Grantley Herbert Adams self-link
nativeLanguage English
notableFor being the first and only Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation
leadership in Caribbean politics
occupation lawyer
politician
participatedIn Barbadian trade union movement
movement for West Indian federation
positionHeld Leader of the Barbados Labour Party
Premier of Barbados
President of the Barbados Workers' Union
Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation
regionOfActivity Caribbean
religion Anglicanism
residence Barbados
spouse Grace Thorne Adams
workLocation Bridgetown
surface form: Bridgetown, Barbados

Port of Spain
surface form: Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

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West Indies Federation primeMinister Grantley Herbert Adams
West Indies Federation primeMinister Grantley Herbert Adams
this entity surface form: Grantley Adams
National Hero of Barbados hasRecipient Grantley Herbert Adams
this entity surface form: Sir Grantley Herbert Adams
Grantley Herbert Adams name Grantley Herbert Adams self-link
Grantley Adams International Airport namedAfter Grantley Herbert Adams
National Heroes Day (Barbados) honors Grantley Herbert Adams
this entity surface form: Sir Grantley Herbert Adams
Grantley fullName Grantley Herbert Adams
subject surface form: Grantley Herbert Adams
Premier of Barbados firstHolder Grantley Herbert Adams
Barbados Labour Party foundedBy Grantley Herbert Adams
Barbados Labour Party hasPrimeMinisterProduced Grantley Herbert Adams
Tom Adams father Grantley Herbert Adams
this entity surface form: Grantley Adams
Tom Adams relative Grantley Herbert Adams
this entity surface form: Grantley Adams
Grace Thorne Adams spouse Grantley Herbert Adams