Background
Leo de Gale was born in Saint Andrew"s Parish, near Grenville, Grenada.
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Leo Leo Victor de Gale Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Street Michael and Street George Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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He retired the year before the 1979 Grenada revolution. In the 1960s, Dame Hilda Bynoe who was the existing governor of Grenada appointed Leo de Gale as the acting governor of Grenada because she had to take care of some business in a foreign country. Sir Leo de Gale became the first governor-general during the reign of Prime Minister Sir Eric Mathew Gairy.
Sir Leo de Gale reigned from 1974 to 1978.
He was then followed by Sir Paul Scoon (1978 to 1992). Following his political career he took up residence in Bristol, England.
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March 23, 1986 (aged 64)