Roy Lindo

Roy Lindo was a Jamaican industrialist, financier and Member of the Legislative Council.

The Honourable

Roy Lindo

JP
Roy & Percy Lindo
Born1910
Kingston, Jamaica
Died1962
New York City
Political partyIndependent
Parent

Early life

Roy Lindo was born in 1910 in Kingston, Jamaica, to Percy Lindo and Hilda Violet Lindo. He was educated at Temple Grove School and at Marlborough College.[1][2]

Career

A farmer, political economist and legislator, Lindo was the last Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) for St Mary (1942-1944) and one of the five Independents who were successful in 1944 Jamaican general election, where he defeated the PNP's and the JLP's Cornelius McKenzie to become the Member of the House for St. Mary Eastern constituency.[3][4]

In 1945, Roy was appointed as a Member of the West India Committee.

In 1946, Roy and his brother Cecil Frederick, became Co-Managing Directors of J. Wray and Nephew Ltd.[5]

In 1957, Roy and his brother sold J. Wray and Nephew Ltd. to a syndicate led by Sir Harold Mitchell, 1st Baronet and the Henriques Brothers.

References
  1. Committee, West India (1963). Chronicle.
  2. Who's Who, Jamaica, British West Indies. Who's who (Jamaica) Limited. 1954.
  3. Caine, Troy (2017-09-03). "It's a Dunn deal". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  4. Hart, Richard (1999). Towards Decolonisation: Political, Labour and Economic Developments in Jamaica 1938-1945. Canoe Press, University of the West Indies. ISBN 978-976-8125-33-0.
  5. Barty-King, Hugh; Massel, Anton (1983). Rum, Yesterday and Today. David & Charles Publishers. ISBN 978-0-434-45280-4.
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