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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roy_Lindo > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roy_Lindo.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Lindo > Source revision: 1355876184 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Jamaican industrialist, planter and politician (1910–1962)}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = Roy Lindo | honorific_suffix = JP | image = Roy & Percy Lindo.jpg | caption = Roy Lindo with his father Percy | birth_date = 1910 | birth_place = Kingston, Jamaica | death_date = {{Death year and age|1962|1910}} | death_place = New York City | political_party = Independent | father = [Percy Lindo](/source/Percy_Lindo) }} '''Roy Lindo''' (1910–1962) was a Jamaican industrialist, planter, political economist and politician. == Early life == Roy Lindo was born in 1910 in [Kingston, Jamaica](/source/Kingston%2C_Jamaica), to [Percy Lindo](/source/Percy_Lindo) and Hilda Violet Lindo. He was educated at [Temple Grove School](/source/Temple_Grove_School) and at [Marlborough College](/source/Marlborough_College).{{Cite book |last=Committee |first=West India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9JsITBcRz70C&q=roy+lindo+jamaica |title=Chronicle |date=1963 |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZQp9vp2s_awC&q=roy+lindo+jamaica |title=Who's Who, Jamaica, British West Indies |date=1954 |publisher=Who's who (Jamaica) Limited |language=en}} == Career == A farmer, political economist and legislator, Lindo was the last Member of the [Legislative Council](/source/Legislative_Council_of_Jamaica) (MLC) for St Mary (1942–1944) and one of the five Independents who were successful in [1944 Jamaican general election](/source/1944_Jamaican_general_election), where he defeated the [PNP's](/source/People's_National_Party) and the [JLP's](/source/Jamaica_Labour_Party) Cornelius McKenzie to become the [Member of the House](/source/Parliament_of_Jamaica) for St. Mary Eastern constituency.{{Cite web |last=Caine |first=Troy |date=2017-09-03 |title=It's a Dunn deal |url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/its-a-dunn-deal/ |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=Jamaica Observer |language=en-US}}{{Cite book |last=Hart |first=Richard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=adPXlf_ux3cC&dq=roy+lindo+jamaica&pg=PA169 |title=Towards Decolonisation: Political, Labour and Economic Developments in Jamaica 1938-1945 |date=1999 |publisher=Canoe Press, University of the West Indies |isbn=978-976-8125-33-0 |language=en}} He was the owner of Roy D. Lindo Ltd., which traded in wines, cigars and general merchandise.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PNApAQAAMAAJ&q=roy+lindo+director |title=The Year Book of the West Indies and Countries of the Caribbean |date=1952 |publisher=Thomas Skinner & Company, Limited |language=en}} In 1945, Roy was appointed as a Member of the [West India Committee](/source/West_India_Committee).{{Cite book |last=Committee |first=West India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9JsITBcRz70C&q=roy+lindo+west+india+committee |title=Chronicle |date=1963 |language=en}} He was a director of Soap & Edible Products Ltd., the largest manufacturer of coconut products in Jamaica.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7p73-ARAMlAC&q=soaps |title=The Handbook of Jamaica for ...: Comprising Historical, Statistical and General Information Concerning the Island Compiled from Official and Other Reliable Records |date=1947 |publisher=Government Print. Establishment |language=en}} After their father's death in 1946, Roy and his brother Frederick became Co-Managing Directors of [J. Wray and Nephew Ltd.](/source/J._Wray_and_Nephew_Ltd.){{Cite book |last1=Barty-King |first1=Hugh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zg1jAAAAMAAJ&q=roy+lindo+rum |title=Rum, Yesterday and Today |last2=Massel |first2=Anton |date=1983 |publisher=David & Charles Publishers |isbn=978-0-434-45280-4 |language=en}} He owned several thousand acres of real estate in the [Oracabessa](/source/Oracabessa) area, where he sold [Goldeneye](/source/Goldeneye_(estate)) to [Ian Fleming](/source/Ian_Fleming) and [Firefly](/source/Firefly_Estate) to [Noël Coward](/source/No%C3%ABl_Coward). Roy was Chairman of the Central Housing Authority and the Coconut Industry Board{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PNApAQAAMAAJ&q=roy+lindo+director |title=The Year Book of the West Indies and Countries of the Caribbean |date=1952 |publisher=Thomas Skinner & Company, Limited |language=en}} In 1957, Roy and his brother sold [J. Wray and Nephew Ltd.](/source/J._Wray_and_Nephew_Ltd.) to a syndicate led by [Sir Harold Mitchell, 1st Baronet](/source/Sir_Harold_Mitchell%2C_1st_Baronet) and the Henriques Brothers.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} He owned 1,400 acres in Cardiff Hall, [Saint Ann](/source/Saint_Ann_Parish) which he turned into Jamaica's largest hotel and resort subdivision.{{Cite web |date=2018-06-12 |title=July 16 |url=http://digjamaica.com/m/our-past/this-day-in-our-past/july_this_day_in_our_past/july_16/ |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=diG Jamaica |language=en-US}} He wrote articles in support of the [West Indies Federation](/source/West_Indies_Federation).{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9I4eAQAAMAAJ&q=roy+lindo+development |title=The Crown Colonist |date=1948 |publisher=Crown Colonist |language=en}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindo, Roy}} Category:1910 births Category:People educated at Marlborough College Category:Members of the House of Representatives of Jamaica Category:1962 deaths Category:Jamaican people of Jewish descent Category:Jamaican people of Spanish descent --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Roy Lindo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Lindo) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Lindo?action=history)). 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