Orville Turnquest
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Sir Orville Alton Turnquest (born 19 July 1929)[1] is a Bahamian politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of External Relations of the Bahamas from 1992 to 1994, and the sixth governor-general of the Bahamas from 3 January 1995 until his retirement on 13 November 2001.
Biography
Turnquest was born in Grants Town, New Providence, to Robert and Gwendolyn Turnquest.[2] After obtaining his Cambridge Junior Certificate, Cambridge Senior Certificate and London Matriculation Certificate at the Government High School between 1942 and 1945, he was articled in the law chambers of the late Hon. A. F. Adderley from 1947 to 1953, being called to The Bahamas Bar on 26 June 1953. He subsequently studied at the University of London (1957–60), earning a bachelor of laws degree (LLB) with honours, and in July 1960 was admitted to the English Bar as a member of Lincoln's Inn.[2]
He served as Bahamian Attorney-General and Minister of Justice and Foreign Affairs from 21 August 1992, and became Deputy Prime Minister, Attorney-General and Minister of Foreign Affairs on 1 September 1993.[2] He served until 1995.[3] He was knighted in 1995.
Honours
- File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom:
- File:UK Order St-Michael St-George ribbon.svg Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) (1995)[4]
- File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas:
- File:Ribbon bar of the Order of the Nation (Bahamas).svg Member of the Order of the Nation (ON) (2018)[5]
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References
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- ↑ Profile of Orville Turnquest
- ↑ a b c "Orville Turnquest 1995–2001" Template:Webarchive, The Bahamas Information Services.
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- ↑ Biography of His Excellency Sir Orville Turnquest
- ↑ First of national honours bestowed upon Sir Orville Turnquest and The Hon. A. D. Hanna
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- 1929 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the University of London
- Governors-general of the Bahamas
- Deputy prime ministers of the Bahamas
- Ministers of foreign affairs of the Bahamas
- Attorneys general of the Bahamas
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Bahamian King's Counsel
- Progressive Liberal Party politicians
- People from New Providence
- 20th-century Bahamian lawyers