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Governor General hosts luncheon for new British High Commissioner to The Bahamas
Mar 8, 2010 - 6:02:55 PM

NASSAU, Bahamas -- Several former High Commissioners joined Governor General His Excellency Arthur D Hanna as he hosted a luncheon for the newly appointed British High Commissioner to Jamaica and non-resident British High Commissioner to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas Howard Drake OBE, and his wife Gill.  

Pictured from left: Former British High Commissioner, Peter Young and Mrs Young; Deputy Governor General, Sir Arthur Foulkes; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr Patricia Rodgers; Mr Drake; His Excellency Arthur D Hanna; Mrs Drake; former Commissioner to the United Kingdom for The Bahamas (September 17, 1984 –May 13, 1988) , Richard Demeritte and Mrs Demeritte; former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom for The Bahamas (August 31, 1999 –January 31, 2008) , Basil O’Brien and Joan Lady Foulkes.

(BIS photo/Peter Ramsay)