Sir Maurice Athelstan King, KA, QC (1 January 1936 [1] – 21 September 2021) was a Barbadian lawyer. [2]
In the late 1970s, King served as Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations, as well as a legal counsel for the Democratic Labour Party. [3] [4] He served as Attorney-General of Barbados from 1986 to 1989. [2] He then went on to head the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business from 1989 to 1993.[ citation needed]
King did his secondary education at Harrison College. He graduated from University of Manchester in 1960 and was called to the bar that year. He was knighted in 2009. [2] He has a brother, Edmund King, also a lawyer. [5]
He died on 21 September 2021, at the age of 85. [6] [7]
Knight of Saint Andrew - 2009
The University of Manchester 1957 – 1960 Degree Name: LLB Field Of Study: Law
Sir Maurice Athelstan King, KA, QC (1 January 1936 [1] – 21 September 2021) was a Barbadian lawyer. [2]
In the late 1970s, King served as Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations, as well as a legal counsel for the Democratic Labour Party. [3] [4] He served as Attorney-General of Barbados from 1986 to 1989. [2] He then went on to head the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business from 1989 to 1993.[ citation needed]
King did his secondary education at Harrison College. He graduated from University of Manchester in 1960 and was called to the bar that year. He was knighted in 2009. [2] He has a brother, Edmund King, also a lawyer. [5]
He died on 21 September 2021, at the age of 85. [6] [7]
Knight of Saint Andrew - 2009
The University of Manchester 1957 – 1960 Degree Name: LLB Field Of Study: Law