Ernest Deighton Mottley

Ernest Deighton Mottley CBE
Mottley in 1951
Born	(1907-05-11)11 May 1907 Barbados
Died	27 April 1973(1973-04-27) (aged 65) Barbados
Occupation	Politician
Known for	Leader of the Barbados National Party, and first mayor of Bridgetown
Relatives	Mia Mottley (granddaughter)

Ernest Deighton Mottley CBE (11 May 1907 – 27 April 1973)^[1] was a Barbadian politician, leader of the Barbados National Party, and the first mayor of Bridgetown (1959). He was a member of the House of Assembly of Barbados from 1946 to 1971.^[2]

He was friends with Errol Barrow, though after the election of 1961, Mottley became Leader of the Opposition to Barrow's Barbados Labour Party government.^[3]

In 1962, Mottley was honoured as an Ordinary Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) for public services in Barbados.^[4][5]

His granddaughter, Mia Mottley, became the first female Prime Minister of Barbados in 2018.^[5]

References

1. "Ernest Deighton Mottley". Find a Grave. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
2. "The History". The Barbados Parliament. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
3. Mottley, Elton (2014). Better Must Come. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 149732467X.
4. Supplement to the London Gazette, 2 June 1962, p. 4329.
5. "Biography | Mia Amor Mottley". Caribbean Elections. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2023.