Oloye Antonio Oladeinde Fernandez of Dudley (12 August 1929 – 1 September 2015) was a Nigerian billionaire,[1] business magnate and diplomat, a Pan-African leader and Permanent Representative of the Central African Republic to the United Nations.

Meanwhile, in Scotland, Chief Fernandez was also entitled to use the courtesy territorial designation "of Dudley" as part of his formal name due to his being a feudal baron.

[21] His third wife was white American Barbara Joyce[21] who married Fernandez in 1961 in Virginia, bore him three children in the U.S., separated from him in 1984 or early 1985, then filed for divorce in 1987.

[21] During the divorce, Fernandez claimed diplomatic immunity to prevent Barbara from keeping their mansion in Greenwich, Connecticut.

The dispute, which was heard in Connecticut Supreme Court and established a legal precedent, was decided against Fernandez, determining that diplomatic immunity laws signed in 1972 at the Vienna Convention were meant for official business, not divorces.

[26] Dosunmu and Fernandez were married in Nigeria at the Palace of the Oba in April 1973 in a ceremony attended by famous Nigerians including Admiral Adekunle Lawal.

[18] They had one child, a daughter named Antoinette Oyinkansola Fernandez - a London-based writer and filmmaker who stood for a seat in Parliament in July 2024 as a Green Party candidate.

[27][28][29][30] Nigerian musician King Sunny Adé wrote a song honoring Dosunmu titled "Biibire Kose Fowora".

She took the name Aduke Fernandez at their union, which she said began in 1982 with a tribal wedding in Nigeria, though at their divorce proceedings in 2003 he said they were never formally married.

[21] Living in New York City, daughter Abimbola followed a music career against the wishes of her father, and was in the band Pink Grenade in 2014, appearing in two controversial videos.

[40] In addition to the various titles that he held in the Nigerian chieftaincy system, Chief Fernandez was also the feudal baron of Dudley in Scotland.