Errol Barrow

Politician

Birthday January 21, 1920

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace Barbados

DEATH DATE Jun 1, 1987 (67)

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About

Barbadian politician who is known as the first prime minister of Barbados. He was succeeded by Lloyd Erskine Sandiford in 1987. He collapsed and passed away on June 1 of 1987. 

Before Fame

He attended Wesley Hall Boys School before winning a scholarship to Combermere School, which he attended for one year before being admitted to Harrison College.  

Trivia

He was a WWII aviator, combat veteran, lawyer, politician, gourmet cook, and author. 

Family Life

He was the son of Rev. Reginald Grant Barrow and Ruth Albertha. He has four siblings. In November 1945, he married Carolyn Marie Plaskett and they had two children, Lesley and David. In the late 1950s, he had a son named Eric with Thelma Padmore. 

Associated With

In her autobiography, the singer Nina Simone, claimed to have had an affair with him.