Denys Williams

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His Excellency Sir Denys Williams
Governor-General of Barbados Acting
In office 19 December 1995 – 1 June 1996
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Owen Arthur
Preceded by	Nita Barrow
Succeeded by	Clifford Husbands
Personal details
Born	(1929-10-12) 12 October 1929

Sir Denys Ambrose Williams (born 12 October 1929)^[1] is a retired Chief Justice of Barbados. He served as an acting governor-general from 19 December 1995 until 1 June 1996.^[2]

Sir Denys Williams studied at Combermere School and Harrison College in Barbados, won a Barbados Scholarship in 1949 and went on to study law at Oxford University, subsequently being admitted to the English Bar at the Middle Temple. He then returned to the West Indies, spending some time working for the West Indies Federation based in Trinidad, before returning to Barbados and being admitted as a Magistrate subsequently to be appointed a Judge, being at the time the youngest Judge in the Commonwealth at the age of 37. He subsequently became Chief Justice and has been one of the longest serving judges in the Commonwealth, retiring in 2001.

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Government offices
Preceded by Nita Barrow	Governor General of Barbados Acting 1995–1996	Succeeded by Clifford Husbands

Persondata
Name	Denys Williams
Alternative names
Short description	Acting Governor-general (1995-1996) of Barbados
Date of birth	12 October 1929
Place of birth	Barbados
Date of death
Place of death

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