The Most Honourable
Dame Marguerite Pindling
ON GCMG
Pindling in May 2017
10th Governor-General of the Bahamas
In office
8 July 2014 – 28 June 2019
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterPerry Christie
Hubert Minnis
Preceded byArthur Foulkes
Succeeded byCornelius A. Smith
Personal details
Born
Marguerite Matilda McKenzie

(1932-06-26) 26 June 1932
Long Bay Cay, Bahamas
Spouse
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(m. 1956; died 2000)​
Children4

Dame Marguerite Pindling, Lady Pindling, ON GCMG (née McKenzie; born 26 June 1932) served as the tenth governor-general of the Bahamas, from 8 July 2014 to 28 June 2019. She is the second female governor-general of the Bahamas after Dame Ivy Dumont.

She was married to Sir Lynden Pindling, the first Prime Minister of The Bahamas.[1] The couple had four children.

Biography

Marguerite McKenzie was born to Reuben and Viola McKenzie in South Andros on 26 June 1932.[1] She moved to Nassau in 1946 to live with her sister and attended the Western Senior School.[2] She later became an assistant to photographer Stanley Toogood.

Soon after, she met Lynden Pindling, who would go on to become the first black Premier of the colony of the Bahama Islands (second Premier to Sir Roland Symonette) from 1967 to 1969, then the first and longest serving Prime Minister of the Bahamas from 1969 to 1992. The couple married on 5 May 1956 and remained married until his death on 26 August 2000.[3] The couple had four children:[2] Obafemi Pindling, Leslie Pindling, Monique Johnson, and Michelle Sands.[4][5]

She was appointed Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George in 2014.[6][3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Bahamas New Governor General Announced". The Bahamas Weekly. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Dame Marguerite Pindling Sworn In As 10th Governor General of the Bahamas". Caribbean Elections. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 "The life and times of Dame Marguerite Pindling, October 28th", Bahamas Historical Society. Bahamas Weekly, 23 October 2010,
  4. ↑ "UB Confers Honorary Degree on Sir Lynden Pindling". The Bahama Journal. 29 May 2017.
  5. ↑ Gilbert, Llonella (27 August 2013). "Sir Lynden Pindling Room opens at COB". The Bahamas Weekly. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood | Honours and Awards | The Gazette". 7 October 2014.
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