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Embassy of Barbados, Washington, D.C.

FieldValue
nameEmbassy of Barbados, Washington, D.C.
imageEmbassy of Barbados.jpg
address2144 Wyoming Avenue, N.W.
locationWashington, D.C. 20008
coordinates
ambassadorVictor Fernandes
websitehttp://www.foreign.gov.bb/

The Embassy of Barbados in Washington, D.C. is the primary diplomatic mission of Barbados to the United States of America, and the Organisation of American States (OAS). It is maintained by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Barbados. The present Ambassador is Victor Fernandes, appointed on January 6, 2024, who replaced Noel Anderson Lynch.

It is located to the East of the official Embassy Row area at 2144 Wyoming Avenue N.W. in Washington, D.C.'s Kalorama neighborhood.

Overview

The embassy also operates two Consulates-General in: Miami and New York City; a Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City; and it is also further supported by a collection of Honorary Consulates in: Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Louisville, New Orleans, Portland, San Francisco, and Toledo.

Heads of mission

RepresentativeTitleAppointed
(presentation
of credentials)Termination
of missionAppointed by
Hilton Augustus VaughanAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 1, 1967–Errol Barrow (G.G. John Montague Stow)
Valerie Theodore McComieAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 1, 1968–Errol Barrow (G.G. Arleigh Winston Scott)
Fozlo BrewsterCounselor, Charge d'Affaires ad interimMay 22, 1974–
Cecil Beaumont WilliamsAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 25, 1974
(August 19, 1974)–
Fozlo BrewsterCounselor, Charge d'Affaires ad interimDecember 16, 1975–
Maurice A. KingAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 28, 1976
(February 9, 1976)–
Ralphston Orlando MarvilleCounselor, Charge d'Affaires ad interimSeptember 24, 1976–John "Tom" Adams (G. G. William Douglas)
Oliver Hamlet JackmanAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 13, 1977
(May 16, 1977)–John "Tom" Adams (G. G. Deighton Lisle Ward)
Ralphston Orlando MarvilleCharge d'Affaires ad interimDecember 26, 1980–
Charles A. T. SkeeteAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 4, 1981
(February 24, 1981)–
Clifton MaynardMinister-Counselor, Charge d'Affaires ad interimJuly 28, 1983)–
Peter Douglas LaurieAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 15, 1983
(November 21, 1983)–
Sir William Randolph DouglasAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 7, 1987
(May 11, 1987)–Errol Barrow (G. G. Hugh Springer)
Dr. Rudi Valentine WebsterAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 5, 1991
(November 25, 1991)–Erskine Sandiford (G. G. Ruth Nita Barrow)
Dr. Sir Courtney N. Blackman, KAAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 8, 1995
(March 20, 1995)–Owen Seymour Arthur (G. G. Ruth Nita Barrow)
url=http://www.allgov.com/nation/Barbadospublisher=allgov.comtitle=AllGov - Nationsaccess-date=2017-02-18}}Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 10, 2000
(December 7, 2000)–Owen Seymour Arthur (G. G. Sir Clifford Husbands)
John Ernest BealeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 29, 2009
(May 20, 2000)June 30, 2016David Thompson (G. G. Sir Clifford Husbands)
Selwin Charles HartAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 1, 2016August 15, 2018Freundel Stuart (G.G. Sir Eliot Belgrave)
Noel Anderson LynchAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 1, 2018CurrentMia Amor Mottley (G.G. Dame Sandra Mason)

History of visits

  • List of diplomatic visits to the United States: North America and the Caribbean#Barbados

Chancery building history

Former entities located at 2144 Wyoming:

  • James Horatio Watmough (~1912– ~1917), Naval Officer
  • Katharine Price Collier (~1918)
  • Mabel Grouitch (June 1919)
  • Frank L. Smith, U.S. House of Representatives (~1920)
  • Legation of Finland 1940–1950
  • Austria (~1953– ~1956)
  • Embassy of Morocco ( ~1958–1962)
  • Embassy of Syrian Arab Republic (~1962–1965)

References

References

  1. (August 2009). "OAS :: Authorities : Permanent Representatives to the OAS". oas.org.
  2. (January 6, 2024). "New Heads Of Overseas Missions Announced". Barbados Government Information Service.
  3. "Three picks seen as strategic". Nation Publishing Company.
  4. Department of State. (12 August 2011). "Background Note: Barbados". [[Government of the United States of America]].
  5. [http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/embassy-of-barbados/ Embassy of Barbados], VirtualGlobetrotting
  6. [http://www.foreign.gov.bb/UserFiles/File/Sept.pdf List of Barbadian Honorary Consulates] {{Webarchive. link. (2016-03-03 (as of September 2011), [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business (Barbados)). Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Barbados]]
  7. "The Morning Record - Google News Archive Search".
  8. "AllGov - Nations". allgov.com.
  9. (1919). "The American Blue Book of Biography: Men of 1912-". American Publishers' association.
  10. (1919). "Brooklyn Blue Book". Brooklyn Life Publishing Company.
  11. (1919). "Town & Country". Hearst Corporation.
  12. (1920). "Official Congressional Directory". U.S. Government Printing Office.
  13. [http://www.finland.org/public/default.aspx?nodeid=35837&contentlan=2&culture=en-US The Finnish embassy's previous locations], The many homes of Embassy of Finland in Washington D.C. - by Marja Guercin, Public Affairs 1971–2003
  14. Alexander Hamilton United States Custom House (New York, N.Y.). (1956). "Custom House Guide". Custom House Guide.
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