The Knight or Dame of St. Andrew is an award within the Order of Barbados

Order of Barbados

The Order of Barbados is part of the National honours system awarded by the government of Barbados, and presented by the Viceroy, which is the Governor-General of Barbados. It comprises four classes, two of which are awarded in two grades. It was instituted under Royal letters patent of Queen...

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The Order of Barbados was instituted by Letters Patent

Letters patent

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 on July 25, 1980, as part of the Barbados National Honours and Decorations System. The Knight or Dame of St. Andrew is the highest order given by the Barbadian government, and is awarded for "extraordinary and outstanding achievement and merit in service to Barbados or to humanity at large".

Recipients are styled as a Knight or Dame of St. Andrew. They carry the prefix Sir or Dame, and the post-nominal letters KA (Knight of St. Andrew) or DA (Dame of St. Andrew).

The most recipients are awarded in November during the month-long celebration of Barbadian political independence. The award is conferred to awardees by the office of the Governor-General of Barbados.

Prefix, Name, nominal letters, date of bestowal

• Sir MacDonald Blunt, K.A. (July 1980)
• Dame Elsie Payne, D.A. (July 1980)
• Sir Erskine Ward, K.A. (July 1980)
• Dame Nita Barrow, D.A. (November 1980)
• Sir Kenneth Hunte, O.B.E., K.A. (November 1980)
• Sir Edwy Talma, C.B.E., K.A. (November 1980)
• Sir Maurice Byer, O.B.E., K.A. (November 1982)
• Sir Ronald Mapp, K.A. (November 1982)
• Sir Neville Osborne, O.B.E., K.A. (November 1983)
• Sir Donald Wiles, C.M.G., O.B.E., K.A. (November 1984)
• Sir Frank Blackman, K.C.V.O., O.B.E., K.A. (November 1985)
• Senator Sir Frank Walcott, O.B.E., K.A. (November 1987)
• Sir Keith Donnerson Hunte, K.A. (November 1987)
• Sir Frederick Smith, Q.C., K.A. (November 1987)
• Sir Stanley Augustus Blanchette, K.A. (November 1988)
• Sir William Harvey Clyde Gollop, M.B.E, K.A., J.P. (November 1988)
• Sir Kenmore Nathaniel Rhystone Husbands, C.B.E, K.A., J.P. (November 1989)
• The Hon. Sir Douglas Percy Lynch, C.M.G., Q.C., K.A. (November 1990)
• Sir Neville Vernon Nicholls, K.A. (November 1990)
• Sir James Cliviston King, O.B.E., K.A. (November 1992)
• Sir John Stanley Goddard, K.A. (November 1993)
• Sir Clyde Leopold Walcott, O.B.E, A.A., K.A. (November 1993)
• The Hon. Sir Harold Bernard St. John
  Harold Bernard St. John
  The Rt. Hon. Sir Harold Bernard St. John, KA was a Barbadian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of Barbados from 1985 to 1986. He was leader of the Barbados Labour Party from 1970 to 1971 and again from 1985 to 1987. He was widely known as "Bree".St. John was born in the Parish...
  
  , K.A., Q.C. (November 1994)
• Sir Clifford Straughn Husbands, K.A. (November 1995)
• Dame Edna Ermyntrude Bourne, K.A. (November 1995)
• His Honour Sir Fred Winlyn Gollop, K.A. (November 1996)
• Sir Henry deBoulay Forde, K.A., Q.C. (November 1997)
• Sir Courtney Blackman
  Courtney Blackman
  Sir Courtney Blackman, KA is an economist, an international business consultant, and a diplomat from Barbados. In the past he served as a Governor to the Central Bank of Barbados, an Ambassador to the United Nations, an Ambassador to the United States, and a Permanent Representative for Barbados...
  
  , K.A. (November 1998)
• Sir Conrad Hunte
  Conrad Hunte
  Sir Conrad Cleophas Hunte, KA was a Barbadian cricketer. Hunte played 44 Test matches as an opening batsman for the West Indies.-Early life and career:...
  
  , K.A. (November 1998)
• Sir Stephen Errol Emtage, K.A. (November 1999)
• The Rt. Hon. Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford
  Lloyd Erskine Sandiford
  Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, KA is a Barbadian politician. He served as the fourth Prime Minister of Barbados from 1987 to 1994....
  
  , K.A., J.P. (November 2000)
• The Rt. Reverend Sir Wilfred Denniston Wood, K.A., J.P. (November 2000)
• Sir David Anthony Cathcart Simmons, B.C.H., K.A. (November 2001)
• Sir Aubrey Gordon Leacock, C.B.E., K.A. (November 2002)
• Sir Roy Cardinal Trotman, K.A. (November 2002)
• The Hon. Dame Billie Antoinette Miller, D.A., B.C.H., M.P. (November 2003)
• Sir Richard Christopher Haynes, F.R.C.P., K.A. (November 2003)
• The Hon. Sir Richard Lionel Cheltenham, K.A. Q.C., J.P. (November 2005)
• Dame Olga Christine Lopes-Seale, D.A., G.C.M., M.B.E., B.S.S. (November 2005)
• Sir Louis Randall Tull, K.A., Q.C., M.P. (November 2006)