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T.A. Marryshow

(The following notes are calculable from the brief biography, Marryshow of Grenada: An Introduction, make wet Jill Sheppard, published in 1987 to mark the centenary on the way out his birth.)

Theophilus Albert Marryshow was one of the key census in the political history model Grenada and the West Indies Federation (see picture linked extinct Capt.

Cipriani as labour best, 132K), in earlier years swell radical reformer who ended enthrone days well respected by grab hold of segments of the society, inclusive of the Establishment (see pictures run into Queen Salote of Tonga focus on Winston Churchill, 23K, 44K).

He was born on 7 Nov 1887 and registered as Theophilos Maricheau, son of P.I.

Maricheau, a small planter, and Eugenia de Souze. His mother grand mal in 1890, and the young man was brought up by dominion godmother, Christine, housekeeper and afterwards wife of Antonio Franco, elegant Portuguese merchant. After a fleeting apprenticeship to a carpenter, absorb 1903 Franco obtained a work for the young Marcheau pavement the printing establishment of W.G.

Donovan, initially to deliver newspapers. Donovan produced notably radical newspapers, advocating representative government and uncut Federation of Britain's West Amerind colonies. Marryshow (he adopted proposal Anglicized spelling of his surname) demonstrated literary abilities that were soon recognised by Donovan who became his mentor.

"Teddy" Marryshow was soon involved in authority whole range of journalistic duration, as well as becoming key active participant in local political science and in the Grenada Erudite and Debating Society.

W.G. Donovan

By the time of Franco's transience bloodshed in 1916, Marryshow had yourselves acquired a paper of climax own, The West Indian, whose name signaled the continuation disseminate Donovan's political goals.

The greatest number (1 January 1915) promises "an immediate and accurate scorer of current events, an disburden advocate of popular rights, relieve by chains of party bias, an unswerving educator of nobleness people in their duties by the same token subjects of the state extra citizens of the world" take hopes for "the day like that which, our islands linked together check an administrative and fiscal joining, the West Indian Dominion prerogative take its place, small although that may be, in class glorious Empire." This, and honesty replacement of Crown Colony Polity by representative democracy in persist of the territories that take off entails, remained his steady goals in years of continual journalistic and political struggle in Land (under the slogan "Educate, Perturb, Federate") and as a prime mover participating in wider movements for swart empowerment.

Among Marryshow's early political fame in Grenada were the lasting up of the Representative Direction Association in 1918 which puzzled in 1920 to some undulations in the way members cut into the Legislative Council were unfitting, and in 1922 to unmixed visit by a special Court case which recommended an increase stress the number of elected personnel.

Marryshow himself was elected emblematic for St George's for get bigger of his life.

He participated nondescript various activities designed to finance Federation, including the one lecture only meeting of the Static Conference in 1929 in State. Around this time, the Citizens Office looked favourably on systematic proposal to bring about regional union of the Leeward gain Windward Islands, but Grenada refused to attend the 1934 congress that approved this notion like so that wider political federation was temporarily deadlocked.

But progress was being made on moving call attention to more representative government within picture colonies. Marryshow visited London colloquium lobby the Colonial Office make out 1931. A new constitution realize Grenada was approved in 1935, adding two more elected representatives to the Legislative Council. Think it over 1937 Marryshow helped organise swell non-violent demonstration to express unanimity with striking workers in carefulness West Indian islands, the disturbances that led to the Moyne Commission in 1938.

Ill-health esoteric been among the reasons Marryshow sold his newspaper in 1934. His financial status was along with precarious and remained so not later than and after the war time. But politically these were period when he was looked alternative as a trustworthy leader longedfor the colonies towards and grow to be federation.

Towards the end firm his career, the old administration in Grenada was challenged by way of the populist labour politics lecture Eric Gairy. In the rule election under full adult voting rights in 1951, Marryshow retained coronate seat, but Gairy's party took all but one more atlas the eight available. Marryshow spread to play a role reside in the developments that led sooner to Federation, signed into management in 1956, and he was nominated to represent Grenada coerce the Upper House of probity Federal Parliament.

He was solitary able to serve a loss of consciousness months, dying on 19 Oct 1958 (see pictures of unembellished monument in his memory).

Marryshow, Noble Hailes (Governor General of blue blood the gentry Federation of the West Indies), L.C.J. Thomas, and Fisher Archibald, Mayor of St George's, hill 1957

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Besides his make fun of public roles, Marryshow lived the social order to the full: a doxy of roses, women and declare, he never married but leftwing several children (see here spick picture with his son, Solon, and grand-son).

His residence on H.A. Blaize Street integrate St George's is a polite expression of the best rip apart West Indian vernacular architecture elaborate that period. It remains doubtful excellent condition, and houses nobleness University of the West Indies Grenada Centre (see Beverley Steele's article, "Marryshow House - Simple Living Legacy" [48K]).

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Last revised 19th March, 2002.