Hi Leonora, You might try the link I sent to Ernest. If you have the date of Sir Anthony's death, a Barbados Newspaper in the British Library may contain an article or an obituary with a photograph. Regards, Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lenora Anderson" <ldanderson@sbcglobal.net> To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 3:14 PM Subject: Re: Sir Francis FLEMING -Barbados > I too would like a photograph of anthing from Barbados. Sir Anthony > deFreites was an Ambassador and Member of Parliment and died there in 1940 > while serving there.. His family were living in The Barracks" according to a > brothers Will. How can I find any of these persons.. I wrote Barbados, but > they never responded... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ernest M. Wiltshire" <murcot@synapse.net> > To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 2:26 PM > Subject: Sir Francis FLEMING - Gov. of the Leeward Islands > > > > Hello List; the great-nephew of the gentleman below has written to me as > > follows: > > > > > > > > ".. my great uncle . was a former governor of the Leeward Islands from > > 1895-1901 & I was wondering where I might locate a photo of him, or any > > detail as to his career as Governor & living in Government House." > > > > > > > > Does anyone have any knowledge of what photo (portrait) archives might > > exist and where? Is this the sort of thing that one would find in the > > PRO? > > > > To the best of my knowledge the Barbados Archives do not have a portrait > > collection; is there such a thing in Antigua? Grateful for any hints > > anyone can provide. > > > > Ernest > > > > > > > > ************************************************************************ > > ********************************* > > > > Debretts Peerage 1900: FLEMING, Knight, Sir Francis F. K.C.M.G. (1892) > > Gov. of Leeward Islands, formerly of Sierra Leone (1892-5), prev. > > Attorn.Gen, Ch. Just. Or Colon Sec. in Mauritius, Seychelles, Ceylon & > > Hong Kong: b. 1842, mar. 1892 Constance Mary, nee Kavanagh. Res. Govt. > > House, Antigua. > > > > > > > > Ernest M. Wiltshire > > > > Friends of the Barbados Archives > > > > 38 Inglewood Place, Ottawa > > > > Ontario, K1Y 4C7, Canada > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > > For information on individual islands, research aids, island bulletin > boards or history please visit the CaribbeanGenWeb project at > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~caribgw/ > > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > all messages posted to CARIBBEAN-L are archived at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Before posting a query, see if the question has already been asked > >
Thanks,, I tried to locate a paper as I was sure he would be in the paper in some way, as he was in Who's Who In The World Books, until his death in 1940..No luck in finding the right newspaper apparently. Well hope springs eternal.. Lenora ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Allicock" <richwyn@idirect.com> To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 7:58 PM Subject: Re: Sir Francis FLEMING -Barbados > Hi Leonora, > > You might try the link I sent to Ernest. If you have the date of Sir > Anthony's death, a Barbados Newspaper in the British Library may contain an > article or an obituary with a photograph. > > Regards, > Richard > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lenora Anderson" <ldanderson@sbcglobal.net> > To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 3:14 PM > Subject: Re: Sir Francis FLEMING -Barbados > > > > I too would like a photograph of anthing from Barbados. Sir Anthony > > deFreites was an Ambassador and Member of Parliment and died there in > 1940 > > while serving there.. His family were living in The Barracks" according to > a > > brothers Will. How can I find any of these persons.. I wrote Barbados, > but > > they never responded... > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ernest M. Wiltshire" <murcot@synapse.net> > > To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 2:26 PM > > Subject: Sir Francis FLEMING - Gov. of the Leeward Islands > > > > > > > Hello List; the great-nephew of the gentleman below has written to me as > > > follows: > > > > > > > > > > > > ".. my great uncle . was a former governor of the Leeward Islands from > > > 1895-1901 & I was wondering where I might locate a photo of him, or any > > > detail as to his career as Governor & living in Government House." > > > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone have any knowledge of what photo (portrait) archives might > > > exist and where? Is this the sort of thing that one would find in the > > > PRO? > > > > > > To the best of my knowledge the Barbados Archives do not have a portrait > > > collection; is there such a thing in Antigua? Grateful for any hints > > > anyone can provide. > > > > > > Ernest > > > > > > > > > > > > ************************************************************************ > > > ********************************* > > > > > > Debretts Peerage 1900: FLEMING, Knight, Sir Francis F. K.C.M.G. (1892) > > > Gov. of Leeward Islands, formerly of Sierra Leone (1892-5), prev. > > > Attorn.Gen, Ch. Just. Or Colon Sec. in Mauritius, Seychelles, Ceylon & > > > Hong Kong: b. 1842, mar. 1892 Constance Mary, nee Kavanagh. Res. Govt. > > > House, Antigua. > > > > > > > > > > > > Ernest M. Wiltshire > > > > > > Friends of the Barbados Archives > > > > > > 38 Inglewood Place, Ottawa > > > > > > Ontario, K1Y 4C7, Canada > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > > > For information on individual islands, research aids, island bulletin > > boards or history please visit the CaribbeanGenWeb project at > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~caribgw/ > > > > > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > > all messages posted to CARIBBEAN-L are archived at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > Before posting a query, see if the question has already been asked > > > > > > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > For information on individual islands, research aids, island bulletin boards or history please visit the CaribbeanGenWeb project at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~caribgw/