Sir Stafford Lofthouse Sands (born 23 September 1913, Nassau

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 – died 25 January 1972, London

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) was a former finance minister

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 of the Bahamas. He helped create the Bahamas' tourism

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 industry.

A white Bahamian economist

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, Sands was branded a racist by many when he left the country, after a black majority government first came to power in 1967, and vowed never to return.

His portrait appeared on the 10 Bahamian dollar

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 note from 2001 until 2005, when it was replaced by that of Queen Elizabeth II

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