Clifford Straughn Husbands

Background

Husbands, Clifford Straughn Son of Adam Straughn and Ada Augusta (Griffith) Husbands.

Education

Graduate, Harrison College, Barbados.

Career

Private practice, Barbados, 1952-1954; acting deputy registrar, Barbados, 1954; legal assistant to attorney general, Grenada, 1954-1956; magistrate, Grenada, 1956-1957; magistrate, Antigua, 1957-1958; crown atty, magistrate and registrar, Montserrat, 1958-1960; acting crown atty, Montserrat, 1959; acting attorney general, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, 1960; assistant to atty general, Barbados, 1960-1967; director public prosecutions, Barbados, 1967-1976; judge, Supreme Court, Barbados, 1976-1991; justice of appeal, Barbados, 1991-1996; governor general, since 1996. Legal draughtsman, 1960-1963. Queen's Counsel, Barbados, 1968.

Achievements

• Clifford Straughn Husbands has been listed as a noteworthy Governor general of Barbados by Marquis Who's Who.

Interests

• Avocations: music, swimming, photography, cricket.

Connections

Married Ruby Communicative Disorders Parris, 1959. 3 children.

Father:

Adam Straughn Husbands

Mother:

Ada Augusta (Griffith) Husbands

Spouse:

Ruby Communicative Disorders Parris