Sir Leo Victor de Gale GCMG CBE (28 December 1921 – 23 March 1986)[1] was the first governor-general of Grenada, from February 7, 1974 to September 30, 1978.
[1] Leo de Gale was born in St. Andrew's Parish, near Grenville, Grenada.
He served as acting Governor of Grenada for two weeks before it officially achieved independence in February 1974 and he became Governor-General.
In the 1960s, Dame Hilda Bynoe who was the incumbent governor of Grenada appointed Leo de Gale as the acting governor of Grenada because she had to take care of some business in a foreign country.
Sir Leo de Gale served from 1974 to 1978.