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19 September – A national holiday is observed on the day of the funeral of Elizabeth II, Queen of Antigua and Barbuda. The governor-general and the prime minister attend the queen's state funeral in the United Kingdom. [4] 19 September – A service of Thanksgiving for Queen Elizabeth II is held at the Cathedral of St John The Divine. [4]
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An early Government House was burnt to the ground in 1710, when the unpopular governor of the Leeward Islands, Colonel Daniel Parke, was killed. [1] Later governors resided in rented homes, although Thomas Pitt (governor 1728–1729) proposed a new permanent residence. [2] The current Government House was built in the early 1800s. [3]
At the time of Spanish contact, the Kalinago were one of the dominant groups in the Caribbean (the name of which is derived from "Carib", as the Kalinago were once called). They lived throughout north-eastern South America, Trinidad and Tobago , Barbados , the Windward Islands , Dominica , and possibly the southern Leeward Islands .
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Antigua and Barbuda has a bicameral legislature and multiple political parties, with universal adult suffrage and elections held every 5 years.The Senate has 17 members appointed by the Governor-General, with 10 being appointed on the advice of the Prime Minister, 4 on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition, one on the advice of the Barbuda Council, one resident of Barbuda on the advice of ...
In 1671, Antigua became part of the newly formed colony of the Leeward Islands, whose governor remained on Antigua. Until 1747, a lieutenant governor was appointed on Antigua to oversee domestic affairs. Philip Warner, 1671–1675; Rowland Williams, 1675–1678, first time; James Vaughan, 1678–1680; Valentine Russell, 1680–1682; Paul Lee ...
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