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- ↑ "Dame Sandra Prunella Mason, GCMG, D.A.,Q.C. - GIS". gisbarbados.gov.bb. 10 August 2017.
- ↑ "Caribbean Elections | Cabinet of Barbados - Erskine Sandiford Administration 1987 - 1991". www.caribbeanelections.com. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
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- ↑ author, Nation News (July 2017). "Sir Philip Greaves to act as Governor General".
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ "GG's plea - Barbados Today". 9 January 2018.
- ↑ "January 2018". www.rulers.org.
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