Frank Leslie Walcott

Frank Leslie Walcott

Sir Frank Leslie Walcott, OBE (September 16 1916 – February 24 1999) was a Barbadian trade unionist, politician, ambassador and one of the ten Barbadian national heroes. [Citation |last= |first= |title=Barbados National Heroes |url=http://www.barbados.gov.bb/bdosnathero.htm |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2008-06-22] He played a key role in organizing the Barbados labour movement and was a major figure in stimulating participation in the nation's political process. [cite book |last=Alexander |first=Robert Jackson |authorlink= |title=Biographical Dictionary of Latin American and Caribbean Political Leaders |publisher=Greenwood Press |date=1988 |pages=453 |isbn=]

Walcott was born in Saint Peter, and his policeman father died when Walcott was very young. He was raised in Bridgetown where he attended Wesley Hall Boys' School, excelling in mathematics and debate from an early age. Becoming an active unionist in his mid-twenties, Walcott served the Barbados Workers' Union for over fifty years. He also served three separate terms as president of the Caribbean Congress of Labour, as well as serving in the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation and as Vice-President of the Executive Board of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. In addition to these posts, Walcott also served with the American Institute for Free Labour Development and was Chairman of the World Employment Conference.

In politics, Walcott served as a Member of Parliament in the Barbados House of Assembly representing the Democratic Labour Party from 1945 to 1966 and again from 1971 to 1976. During the time between these terms he served as a Senator, and was President of that body from 1986 to 1991. After Barbados gained its independence in 1966, Walcott served as the nation's first Ambassador to the United Nations. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1954 Queen's Birthday Honours. [LondonGazette|issue=40188|supp=yes|startpage=3281|date=1 June 1954|accessdate=2006-06-26]

The Sir Frank Walcott building in Saint Michael, Barbados is named in his honour. Walcott is also noted as having been an exceptional cricket umpire. [cite journal |last=Beckles |first=Hilary |title=Just cricket: black struggles for racial justice and equality |journal=African Studies |volume=58 |issue=2 |pages=171-189 |date=December 1999]

References

* [http://www.barbados.gov.bb/frankw.htm Biography from Government of Barbados]
* [http://dlpbarbados.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/where-there-is-vision-the-people-prosper/ Biography from the Democratic Labour Party]

Notes

External links

* [http://www2.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/gb/docs/gb274/gb-16.htm Obituary from the International Labour Organization]


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