1. Colville Young is a patron of the Scout Association of Belize.
17 Facts About Colville Young
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Colville Young was appointed as the Governor-General in 1993, taking office on 17 November of that year, and was knighted in 1994.
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Sir Colville studied at Belize's St Michael's College, and earned a BA degree in English from the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica, prior to his doctorate in linguistics from the University of York in England.
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Colville Young was a Fulbright Scholar and is a member of the Caribbean Teachers of English Association and the Society for Caribbean Linguistics.
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Colville Young became involved in music, composing all manner of musical pieces from operas to cantatas to others.
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Colville Young published a series of books of and about Belizean literature, including Literature and Education in Belize, Creole Proverbs of Belize, From One Caribbean Corner and Caribbean Corner Calling, the last two containing poems in English and Belize Creole.
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Colville Young's stories have been featured in the Belizean Writers Series in "Snapshots of Belize", and a play Riding Haas in the drama anthology Ping Wing Juk Me, in the Series.
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Colville Young became the Belizean governor-general shortly after the UDP under Esquivel regained power in the 1993 elections.
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Colville Young is the longest-serving governor-general of all time in the Commonwealth.
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Colville Young is active in creating and maintaining relations with foreign dignitaries and countries.
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Colville Young was sworn into the Privy Council upon his assumption of office.
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Colville Young is active within the larger community in Belize, specifically in education and teacher training.
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Colville Young is married to Lady Colville Young, nee Trapp, and has three sons and a daughter.
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Colville Young has a stated interest in promoting the development of Belizean music.
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Colville Young has actively contributed to efforts in Belizean schools to maintain music as an educational staple.
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Currently Colville Young is working with founders of the Belize Virtuosi Orchestra, Joel Nagel and Peter Illavsky, to raise funds to build a chamber orchestra auditorium in Belize.
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Colville Young established the Governor General's Music in the Schools Programme which works with partner abroad to expand music in schools and access to musical instruments.