Background
The only daughter of Algernon French Symmonds and his wife, Olga (née Harper), she is the elder sister of Barbadian diplomat, Algernon Washington Symmonds.
The only daughter of Algernon French Symmonds and his wife, Olga (née Harper), she is the elder sister of Barbadian diplomat, Algernon Washington Symmonds.
University of Reading.
She was educated at Queen"s College, Barbados, and travelled to the United Kingdom to study at the University of Reading and the Institute of Education. As a teacher from 1945-1985, she was Deputy Principal of the Saint Michael School, Saint Michael, Barbados from 1963-1976, then Principal of the school from 1976-1985. She was a part-time lecturer and tutor at Cave Hill Campus from 1963-1965.
She was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2000.
Since 1994, she has been a Senator of Barbados and was a member of the Privy Council of Barbados from 1997 to 2000.