Sir James Beethoven Carlisle, GCMG (born 5 August 1937) is a dentist and the former Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda.
Selected by Vere Cornwall Bird (the country's first prime minister), his term ended in June 2007, after 16 years in office.
[citation needed] However, he built up his private practice and also undertook work as a dental officer in the public service.
With help from the ex-prime minister, Vere Bird, one of his patients, who offered the position of Governor-General to him, he assisted with the development of a Fluoride programme for children, and assisted the ex prime minister institute a free dental service.
He was Chairman of the National Parks Authority, which he ran before he was nominated by the then prime minister as Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda, taking office on 10 June 1993 As Governor-General Carlisle was the representative of the Queen, the country's head of state, taking all decisions which belonged to the Crown.