Cécile La Grenade

Dame Cécile Ellen Fleurette La Grenade, GCMG DStJ OBE (born 30 December 1952) is a Grenadian food scientist who has been serving as the governor-general of Grenada since her swearing-in on 7 May 2013.

Her Excellency Dame Cécile La Grenade GCMG DStJ OBE
Governor General of Grenada
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2013
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Keith Mitchell
Preceded by	Carlyle Glean
Personal details
Born	Cécile Ellen Fleurette La Grenade 30 December 1952[1] La Borie, Grenada
Alma mater	University of the West Indies University of Maryland, College Park

Early life

La Grenade is the third of 5 daughters born to Allan A. La Grenade MBE, a civil servant, and Sibyl Sylvester-La Grenade, a registered nurse. Her maternal grandmother, Mary Louise "Eva" Ollivierre-Sylvester, was the first woman in the British Windward Islands to serve on the legislative council of her country, after being elected in 1952, less than a year after universal suffrage.

La Grenade is a food scientist trained in the United States. She holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of the West Indies, as well as a master's degree and doctorate in food science from the University of Maryland at College Park. Her appointment as governor-general was announced during the same week as the death of Grenada's first female governor, Dame Hilda Bynoe. Bynoe was the goddaughter of La Grenade's maternal grandfather, Dr Cyril I. St Bernard Sylvester, an educator and public servant.

Honours

Overseas honours

•  Italy
  • Two Sicilian Royal Family: Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Two Sicilian Royal Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George[2][3][4]
•  United Kingdom: Dame Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of St Michael and St George[5][6]
•  United Kingdom: Officer of the Order of the British Empire
•  United Kingdom: Dame of the Order of St John[7]

References

1. Per birth certificate, Registry of Birth records, Parish of Saint George, Grenada, West Indies
2. "Photographic image" (JPG). Constantinian.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
3. "Governor General of Grenada attends Autumn Delegation Dinner of the Constantinian Order - Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George". 9 November 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
4. "Photographic image" (JPEG). Constantinian.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
5. "Photographic image" (JPG). 1.pictures.zimbio.com. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
6. "Photographic image" (JPG). 4.pictures.zimbio.com. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
7. "Crown Office". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2020.

Sources

• United Nations CEDAW/C/GRD/Q/1-5/Add.1 :Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; Distr.: General, 4 November 2011; ADVANCE UNEDITED VERSION (p. 14)
• Shepherd, Verene A. (editor), Women in Caribbean History (Kingston: Ian Randle, 1999, ISBN 978-1558761896).

External links

• Grenada Names First Female Governor General, Cecile La Grenade
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women