Roy Lindo
| The Honourable Roy Lindo JP | |
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| Born | 1910 Kingston, Jamaica |
| 💀Died | 1962 New York City1962 |
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| 🏛️ Political party | Independent |
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Roy Lindo was a Jamaican industrialist, financier and Member of the Legislative Council.
Early life[edit]
Roy Lindo was born in 1910 in Kingston, Jamaica, to Percy Lindo and Hilda Violet Lindo.
Educated at Temple Grove School and at Marlborough College.[1][2]
Career[edit]
A farmer, political economist and legislator, Lindo was the last Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) for St Mary (1942-1944) and one of the five Independents who were successful in 1944 Jamaican general election, where he defeated the PNP's and the JLP's Cornelius McKenzie to become the Member of the House for St. Mary Eastern constituency.[3][4]
In 1945, Roy was appointed as a Member of the West India Committee.
In 1946, Roy and his brother Cecil Frederick, became Co-Managing Directors of J. Wray and Nephew Ltd.[5]
In 1957, Roy and his brother sold J. Wray and Nephew Ltd. to a syndicate led by Sir Harold Mitchell, 1st Baronet and the Henriques Brothers.
References[edit]
- ↑ Committee, West India (1963). Chronicle. Search this book on
- ↑ Who's Who, Jamaica, British West Indies. Who's who (Jamaica) Limited. 1954. Search this book on
- ↑ Caine, Troy (2017-09-03). "It's a Dunn deal". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ↑ Hart, Richard (1999). Towards Decolonisation: Political, Labour and Economic Developments in Jamaica 1938-1945. Canoe Press, University of the West Indies. ISBN 978-976-8125-33-0. Search this book on
- ↑ Barty-King, Hugh; Massel, Anton (1983). Rum, Yesterday and Today. David & Charles Publishers. ISBN 978-0-434-45280-4. Search this book on
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