The West Indies Federation, also known as the West Indies, the Federation of the West Indies or the West Indian Federation, was a short-lived political union that existed from 3 January 1958 to 31 May 1962. Various islands in the Caribbean that were part of the British Empire, including Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica, and those on the Leeward and Windward Islands, came together to form the Federation, with its capital in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The expressed intention of the Federation was to create a political unit that would become independent from Britain as a single state — possibly similar to Canada, the Federation of Australia, or the Central African Federation. Before that could happen, the Federation collapsed due to internal political conflicts over how it would be governed or function viably. The formation of a West Indian Federation was encouraged by the United Kingdom, but also requested by West Indian nationalists.
The Windward Islands are the southern, generally larger islands of the Lesser Antilles. Part of the West Indies, they lie south of the Leeward Islands, approximately between latitudes 10° and 16° N and longitudes 60° and 62° W.
The British West Indies (BWI) were colonised British territories in the West Indies: Anguilla, the Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Montserrat, the British Virgin Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, British Guiana and Trinidad and Tobago. Other territories include Bermuda, and the former British Honduras.
The term British West Indies refers to the former English and British colonies and the present-day overseas territories of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean.
The British Windward Islands was an administrative grouping of British colonies in the Windward Islands of the West Indies, existing from 1833 until 31 December 1959 and consisting of the islands of Grenada, St Lucia, Saint Vincent, the Grenadines, Barbados, Tobago, and Dominica, previously included in the British Leeward Islands.
The chief justice of Belize is the head of the Supreme Court of Belize. Under Chapter 7 of the Constitution of Belize, the chief justice is appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the prime minister.
The Attorney-General of Belize is a cabinet-level official who acts as the principal legal adviser to the government of Belize.
Sir Alfred Joseph Karney Young was a British barrister and judge. He held a number of political and judicial offices, including Attorney General of British East Africa, Chief Justice of the Seychelles, Attorney General of Fiji, Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands, Chief Justice of Fiji, and Chief Judicial Commissioner for the Western Pacific.
Sir Robert Baxter Llewelyn (1845–1919) was a colonial administrator in the British Empire.
Sir Denis Eustace Gilbert Malone was a British jurist in the Caribbean.
Sir Charles Henry Major was a British judge, who served in various colonies around the Caribbean, as well as in Fiji.
Sir William Douglas Young was a colonial administrator from British Columbia who was Governor of the Falkland Islands from 1915 to 1920.
The chief justice of the Leeward Islands headed the Supreme Court of the Leeward Islands.
The Chief Justice of Grenada is the head of the Supreme Court of Grenada which consists of the High Court with three justices and a two-tier Court of Appeal.
The chief justice of St Lucia was the head of the Supreme Court of St Lucia, an island member of the Windward Islands in the West Indies.
Sir Henry Rawlins Pipon Schooles was an English lawyer who was the Attorney General of Jamaica and later Chief Justice of Gibraltar from July 1905.
Sir Alfred Victor Crane was a British colonial judge. He was Chief Justice of British Honduras from 1950 to 1955.
James Henry Jarrett, KC was a British colonial administrator and judge. He was Chief Justice of the Windward and Leeward Islands from 1940 until his death.
Sir Frederic Mackenzie Maxwell, KC was a British barrister and colonial judge who served as Chief Justice of British Honduras and of the Leeward Islands.
