Sir Sydney Douglas Gun-Munro GCMG OBE FRCS (29 November 1916 – 1 March 2007) was the first Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from 1979 to 1985. He was educated at Grenada Boys' Secondary School where he won a scholarship, and in 1937 travelled to King's College London where he studied medicine, graduating in 1942.
Sydney Gun-Munro | |
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1st Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | |
In office 27 October 1979 – 28 February 1985 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Milton Cato James Fitz-Allen Mitchell |
Preceded by | Office Established Himself as Governor |
Succeeded by | Joseph Lambert Eustace |
Governor of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | |
In office 1976–1979 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Milton Cato |
Preceded by | Rupert Godfrey John |
Succeeded by | Office Abolished Himself as Governor-General |
Personal details | |
Born | Grenada | 29 November 1916
Died | 1 March 2007 Bequia | (aged 90)
Spouse | Joan Gun-Munro († 2009) |
Alma mater | King's College London |
References
edit- Biography (Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 2005)
- Sir Sydney Gun-Munro passes (Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 2 March 2007)
- Remembering Sir Sydney Gun-Munro (The Vincentian, 7 March 2007) (login required)
- Biography in Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online
- A History of the Grenada Boys' Secondary School