Cécile La Grenade

Dame Cécile Ellen Fleurette La Grenade, GCMG DStJ OBE (born 30 December 1952) is a Grenadian food scientist who has been serving as the governor-general of Grenada since her swearing-in on 7 May 2013.

Her Excellency Dame
Cécile La Grenade
GCMG DStJ OBE
La Grenade in 2016
Governor-General of Grenada
Assumed office
7 May 2013
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterKeith Mitchell
Preceded byCarlyle Glean
Personal details
Born
Cécile Ellen Fleurette La Grenade

(1952-12-30) 30 December 1952[1]
La Borie, Grenada
Alma materUniversity of the West Indies
University of Maryland, College Park

Early life

La Grenade was born in La Borie, located in Saint George Parish, Grenada.[2] She is the third of five daughters born to Allan A. La Grenade MBE, a civil servant, and Sibyl Sylvester-La Grenade, a registered nurse. Her maternal grandmother, Mary Louise "Eva" Ollivierre-Sylvester, was the first woman in the British Windward Islands to serve on the legislative council of her country, after being elected in 1952, less than a year after universal suffrage.

La Grenade is a food scientist trained in the United States. She holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of the West Indies,[2] as well as a master's degree and doctorate in food science from the University of Maryland at College Park.[3][4] Her appointment as governor-general was announced during the same week as the death of Grenada's first female governor, Dame Hilda Bynoe. Bynoe was the goddaughter of La Grenade's maternal grandfather, Dr Cyril I. St Bernard Sylvester, an educator and public servant.

Honours

Overseas honours

References
  1. Per birth certificate, Registry of Birth records, Parish of Saint George, Grenada, West Indies
  2. "Biography: Dr. Cecile La Grenade (2013 - Present)". www.gov.gd. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. La Grenade, Cecile E F (1986). Effect of storage temperature and duration on the quality of aseptically processed foods (MS Thesis). University of Maryland at College Park. OCLC 15126378.
  4. La Grenade, Cecile E F (1990). Studies on Fusarium moniliforme : causal agent of equine leucoencephalomalacia (PhD Thesis). University of Maryland at College Park. OCLC 24045790.
  5. "Photographic image". Constantinian.org.uk. Archived from the original (JPG) on 16 November 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  6. "Governor General of Grenada attends Autumn Delegation Dinner of the Constantinian Order - Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George". 9 November 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  7. "Photographic image" (JPEG). Constantinian.org.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  8. "Photographic image" (JPG). 1.pictures.zimbio.com. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  9. "Photographic image" (JPG). 4.pictures.zimbio.com. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  10. "Crown Office". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2020.

Sources
  • United Nations CEDAW/C/GRD/Q/1-5/Add.1 :Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; Distr.: General, 4 November 2011; ADVANCE UNEDITED VERSION (p. 14)
  • Shepherd, Verene A. (editor), Women in Caribbean History (Kingston: Ian Randle, 1999, ISBN 978-1558761896).
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