Hilbourne Frank Explained

Thomas Hilbourne Frank
Birth Date:6 December 1931
Death Place:Codrington, Barbuda
Honorific Prefix:Sir
Party:Barbuda People's Movement
Occupation:Politician
Term Start:1979
Term End:1985
Term Start1:1989
Term End1:1997
Predecessor:McChesney George
Successor:Arthur Nibbs
Office:3rd Chairperson of the Barbuda Council
Predecessor1:Emmanuel Punter
Successor1:Arthur Nibbs

Sir Thomas Hilbourne Frank (6 December 1931 - 29 March 2020) was a politician from Antigua and Barbuda. He was a political leader of the Barbuda People's Movement, which favours greater independence of Barbuda from Antigua and supports the United Progressive Party.

He served as Chairman of the Barbuda Council on two occasions – from 1979 to 1985 and from 1989 to 1997. He also served as Barbuda's sole member of the House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda between 1989 and 2004. In 2004, he retired as a legislator; he was knighted later that year.[1]

During the independence era, Frank hoped to block Antigua and Barbuda's membership bid to join the United Nations.[2] Frank also hoped to make Barbuda a UN trust territory or a part of another sovereign state.[3] [4]

He died on March 29, 2020, at age 88, in Codrington, Barbuda.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Barbuda Politics . 2006 . 22 January 2010.
  2. Web site: Lewiston Morning Tribune - Google News Archive Search . 2023-11-05 . news.google.com.
  3. Book: Spokane Daily Chronicle . Spokane Daily Chronicle . en.
  4. Book: Ocala Star-Banner . Ocala Star-Banner . en.
  5. Web site: 2020-04-23. Sir Hilbourne Frank laid to rest. 2020-06-13. Antigua Observer Newspaper. en-CA.
  6. Web site: 2020-03-31. Former BPM Leader Hilbourne Passed Away At Age 88. 2022-01-08. Antigua News Room. en-US.