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The governor of British Guiana was the Crown representative in British Guiana. The office existed from 1831 when the colonies of Demerara-Essequibo (see Demerara and Essequibo (colony) ) and Berbice united as British Guiana until 1966 when Guyana attained independence.
British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies. It was located on the northern coast of South America. Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana. [2] [page needed] The first known Europeans to encounter Guiana were Sir Walter Raleigh, an English explorer, and his crew.
Bernie Grant (1944–2000) British Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament for Tottenham, London, from 1987 to his death in 2000. Born Georgetown, British Guiana [6] Eddy Grant (born 1948), Guyanese-born singer and musician [7] Meiling Jin (born 1956), Guyanese-born writer [8]
Matthew James Higgins (1810–1868), British writer, he lived part time in British Guiana; Edgar Mittelholzer (1909–1965), novelist; Walter Rodney (1942–1980), politician, activist and historian; Ivan Van Sertima (1935–2009) Guyanese-born British Africanist and academic; A. J. Seymour (1914–1989), writer, editor, and publisher
Politicians from British Guiana (5 P) S. Sportspeople from British Guiana (4 C) W. Guyanese people of World War II (8 P) Pages in category "British Guiana people"
This is a list of the heads of state of Guyana, from the independence of Guyana in 1966 to the present day.. From 1966 to 1970 the head of state under the Constitution of 1966 was the queen of Guyana, Elizabeth II, who was also the monarch of the other Commonwealth realms.
James Clark Gibson, Esq., better known by J.C. Gibson (4 May 1869 – 6 July 1948) was a Scottish military veteran, plantation manager, and community leader who spent the latter half of his life in British Guiana (modern-day Guyana).
Political map of The Guianas. The Guianas, also spelled Guyanas or Guayanas, is a geographical region in north-eastern South America.Strictly, the term refers to the three Guianas: Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, formerly British, Dutch, and French Guiana respectively.