Hugh Springer

Sir Hugh Worrell Springer (22 June 1913 – 14 April 1994) was the organiser and first general secretary of the Barbados Workers' Union, and Barbados' fourth governor-general. He was a lawyer, politician and public servant. By an act of Parliament in 1998, Springer was named as one of the eleven National Heroes of Barbados.

Early life and education Springer was educated at Harrison College in Bridgetown, Barbados. Upon receiving a Barbados Scholarship in Classics, Springer studied Greek as an undergraduate at Hertford College, University of Oxford, receiving a BA in 1936.

Career

Law and politics He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1938, and subsequently returned to Barbados. He practised law in Barbados from 1938 to 1947. and was elected as an honorary fellow of Hertford College, Oxford in 1974 and All Souls College in 1988,

In 1998, Hugh Springer was named as one of the ten Barbadian National Heroes, designated by the Order of National Heroes Act. A biography of Hugh Springer was published in 2008, authored by Kean H. W. Springer. A commemorative stamp of Hugh Springer was issued in 2016 as part of ‘The Builders of Barbados' series.

Selected publications Springer, H.W. 1962. Reflections of the Failure of the First West Indian Federation.

Springer, H. W. 1967 "University-Government Relationships in the West Indies ", in University of London, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Collected Seminar Papers on Relations between Governments and Universities (London: Institute of Commonwealth Studies)