ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Oct. 24, 2014 CNS – Recently appointed Antigua and Barbuda Governor General Dr. Rodney Lawrence Williams has been conferred with a knighthood by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth 11.
According to a government statement issued here, the award was made on the advice of the Antigua and Barbuda government of Prime Minister Gaston Browne which came into office following the June 12 general elections. Williams was appointed to the post soon after the new government was sworn into office.
According to the statement the Governor General is now a member of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.
“Consequently, His Excellency is now an Ordinary Member First Class, or Knight Grand Cross of the said Most Distinguished Order (GCMG). The award, which is dated 30th August, 2014 was announced in the London Gazette of the 17th October, 2014.”
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