Gerald Cash
OBE | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 3rd Governor-General of the Bahamas | |
| In office 22 January 1979 – 25 June 1986 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Lynden Pindling |
| Preceded by | Milo Butler |
| Succeeded by | Henry Milton Taylor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gerald Christopher Cash 28 May 1917 |
| Died | 6 January 2003 (aged 85) |
| Spouse | Dorothy Long |
| Children | 3 |
Sir Gerald Christopher Cash governor-general of the Bahamas from 1979 to 1986.[1]
Life
Cash was born in Nassau and attended Eastern Senior High School and Government High School from which he graduated at 15. Cash was called to the Bahamas Bar in 1940 and to the English Bar at the Middle Temple in 1948.[2]
In 1949, Cash was elected as an
Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.[3]
Cash served as
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO).[3]
Cash was appointed Governor-General in 1979.[2]
In 1980, Cash was made Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) and, in 1985, Cash was knighted Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO).
Cash served as
Governor-General
until his retirement in 1986. Cash is the longest serving Governor General in the history of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.
Sir Gerald Cash died in 2003 at the age of 85 from a stroke. Cash and his wife, (the former) Dorothy Long, had two sons and one daughter.[3]
References
- ^ "Queen's Arrival In Bahamas Cheered". tribunedigital-sunsentinel. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-134-26490-2.
- ^ a b c archives Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine