VOLUME 12 • ISSUE 3

HOWELL
SHILLINGFORD


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NAME

Honourable Howell Shillingford, CBE

BORN:
Howell Donald Shillingford
10th July, 1888
Colihaut, Dominica

PROFESSION

Agriculturist & politician

FAMILY

PARENTS:
Thomas Howard Shillingford and Perina Jean-Baptiste

SIBLINGS:
Stafford Aubrey, Isaac Newton, Thomas Hughes, Isaac Newton, Phyllis (Garraway), Lorna, Allan, St. George, Willingfred, Denis, Holeman, Bertha, Ellis, Selwyn, Alphonso, Thomas Dennis, Memie (Joseph), Marian, Bertha (Williams), Lorna, Janet, Gafford, Horseford, Telford, Freddie, Idline (Andrew), Hughes, Delcie (Pierre)

CHILDREN:
Elma, Esley (Boyd), Spenser, Cuthbert, Hughes, Carlyle, Newell, Eileen, Elfa (Bully), Laurina, Abbott, Anna, Vemi, Randy, Jerry, Ronnie, Wilford, Agnes, Rhona, Albert, Winston, Newton, Addison

EDUCATION

Dominica Grammar School, Roseau, Dominica
Morne Bruce Agricultural School, Morne Bruce, Roseau, Dominica

CAREER

1925–28 Elected member for electoral district of St. Joseph, St. Peter, St. John & St. Andrew, Legislative Council
1927 Co-founds the Dominica Taxpayers Reform Association
1928–31 Elected member, Legislative Council
1931–34 Elected member, Legislative Council
1932 Delegate & co-organiser to the Dominica Conference
1934–37 Elected member, Legislative Council
1944?–47 Elected member for northern electoral district, Legislature Council
1947–51 Nominated member, Legislative Council
1951–54 Elected member for north western district, Legislature Council
1954–57 Elected member, Legislature Council
1957–61 Elected member, Legislature Council
1960 Minister of Trade & Production, Legislative Council
1961–65 Elected member, Legislative Council, member of the Opposition

AWARDS

1949 Commander of the British Empire (CBE), British Government

NOTABLE

• Was a co-founder of the Dominica Taxpayers Reform Association, along with Ralph Nicholls, J.B. Charles, and Randall Lockhart
• Played a major role in fight for Dominica’s political devolution from British crown rule to representative government
• Helped spearheaded the development of limejuice & banana industries
• Was a founding member of the Union Club
• Donated land for the Colihaut Primary School & its playground, and provided annual scholarships for poor children to attend secondary school
• Was one of the signatories Dominica’s first political manifesto, 1936
• Was awarded the Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for his distinguished service to Dominica, 1949
• Retired from politics in 1966

DIED

11th October, 1975
Roseau, Dominica