Arleigh Winston Scott
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{{Infobox officeholder
| office = 2nd Governor-General of Barbados
| honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|GCMG|GCVO}}
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| termend = {{end date|1976|08|09|df=yes}}
| termstart = {{start date|1967|05|18|df=yes}}
| monarch = Elizabeth II
| primeminister = Errol Barrow
Tom Adams
| predecessor = John Montague Stow
| successor = Deighton Lisle Ward
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|03|27|df=yes}}
| birth_place = My Lord’s Hill, St. Michael, Colony of Barbados
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1976|08|09|1900|03|27|df=yes}}
| death_place = Government House, St. Michael, Barbados
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| name = Sir Arleigh Winston Scott
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Sir Arleigh Winston Scott {{postnominals|country=GBR|GCMG|GCVO}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/44312/page/5471|title=Honours and Awards|date=1967-05-16|work=The London Gazette|access-date=2017-04-21}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46529/page/3981|title=Honours and Awards|date=1975-05-25|work=The London Gazette|access-date=2017-04-21}} (27 March 1900 – 9 August 1976) was the second governor-general of Barbados between 18 May 1967 and 9 August 1976.
Biography
The first native Governor-General of Barbados, Scott was educated at St. Giles Boys' School and Harrison College. He studied medicine at Howard University in the United States and later the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. After qualifying, he returned to the United States for further studies and became a visiting ophthalmic surgeon to Harlem Hospital in New York City.{{Cite news|url=https://www.totallybarbados.com/articles/barbados-governor-general/sir-arleigh-winston-scott/|title=Sir Arleigh Winston Scott|last=Callaghan|first=Brett|work=Totally Barbados|access-date=2017-04-21|language=en-US}}
He returned to Barbados in 1953, and became successful and highly regarded as a medical practitioner. He established a nursing home, which is known as Woodside Memorial Clinic, and which he continued to run until he became Governor-General. He had a distinguished record in community work and gave his services without charge to the Children's Goodwill League, as well as lecturing in public health. From time to time he taught hygiene to the pupils of some of the primary schools in the Bridgetown area.
Dr. Scott served in the Barbados Senate from 1964 to 1967, and in 1966 was appointed to the Privy Council of Barbados. In May 1967, on the retirement of John Stow (the last colonial Governor of Barbados), Dr. Scott was appointed Governor-General by the Queen on the recommendation of the Prime Minister. In the same year he was knighted and became known as Sir Winston Scott.
He was a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.
He died suddenly while in office.{{Citation needed|date=April 2017}}
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Category:People educated at Harrison College (Barbados)
Category:Governors-general of Barbados
Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order