Howard Cooke

Sir Howard Felix Hanlan Cooke ON CD GCMG GCVO KStJ (13 November 1915 – 11 July 2014) served as the fourth governor-general of Jamaica from 1 August 1991 to 15 February 2006.

In his youth, Cooke was the group scoutmaster and secretary of the St. Andrew Boys' Scout Association and captain of the County of Cornwall cricket team.

[1] One of the founding members of the People's National Party (PNP), Cooke joined politics in 1938.

"[3] On 22 July 1939, Cooke married schoolteacher Ivy Sylvia Lucille (née Tai).

[7] In 1980, Cooke received the Special Plaque for Distinguished Service from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.