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Alfred Francis Adderley: A Legal Legacy

1) Alfred Francis Adderley was a Bahamian educator and politician born in 1891 who received degrees from Denstone College in England and St. Catherine's College, Cambridge. 2) He worked as a lawyer in The Bahamas after being called to the English and Bahamas Bars. He served in the House of Assembly and Legislative Council, and was appointed to the Executive Council in 1946. 3) He held several prestigious positions including Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and Acting Chief Justice. He was involved in many educational and religious organizations in The Bahamas.

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Alfred Francis Adderley: A Legal Legacy

1) Alfred Francis Adderley was a Bahamian educator and politician born in 1891 who received degrees from Denstone College in England and St. Catherine's College, Cambridge. 2) He worked as a lawyer in The Bahamas after being called to the English and Bahamas Bars. He served in the House of Assembly and Legislative Council, and was appointed to the Executive Council in 1946. 3) He held several prestigious positions including Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and Acting Chief Justice. He was involved in many educational and religious organizations in The Bahamas.

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BAHAMIAN EDUCATORS

ALFRED FRANCIS ADDERLEY


Alfred Francis Adderley was born in Nassau on November 16,
1891 the son of Mr. Wilfred Parliament and Letitia Eliza
McMinn Adderley. He attended Boys' Central School and the
Nassau Grammar School until 1908 when he entered Den-
stone College, Staffordshire, England. He worked in New
York City for a year to help finance his education and in 1912
he entered St. Catherine's College, Cambridge from which
he received the B. A. and LL B. degrees with honours. From
1915 to 1919 he worked in the War Factory Service as Assis-
tant Pay Master at White City, London. A member of the
Middle Temple, he was called to the English Bar in 1919. He
then returned to The Bahamas to practice law and was called
to the Bahamas Bar in August 1919.

In 1923 he was elected to the House of Assembly for Eleu-


thera and in 1928 he was returned for the Western District.
He served for several years as Legal Advisor to The House
under Speaker Malcolm. He was appointed to a seat on the
Legislative Council in 1938 and to the Executive Council in
1946. At the time of his death he was a senior member of that body.

In the King's Birthday Honours in 1951 he was appointed a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of
the British Empire. He also presided as Acting Chief Justice that same year at the October Sessions of
the Supreme Court.

He married Ethel Millicent Louise Lunn on April 29, 1925 and fathered two sons: Dr. Francis E. Adder-
ley, M.D. and the Honourable Paul L. Adderley, former Minister of Finance and Minister of External
Affairs, Education and Culture and Attorney General. Mr. A. F. Adderley also held the Chairmanship of
the Electrical Board and the Airport's Board and was a member of the Civil Service Committee. He was
chancellor of the Anglican Diocese of Nassau, a member of the Vestry of St. Mary's Church and a
member of the Board of Governors of St. John's College.

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