D. T. Wint
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D. T. Wint assessed by an anonymous fellow journalist in 1929:
'Mr. Wint impressed me as being brainy, shrewd and cautious, with an abundance of what I may call dint of purpose. He is a typical negro gentleman of the Jamaica plantation kind, rough and ready, and one who has absolutely no diffidence whatever, to calling a spade a spade. His utterances were usually well measured and carefully thought out, and were of the epigramatlc type - bee like of course - the sting being always left in the tail.' Daily Gleaner, March 11, 1929 |
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Daily Gleaner, Monday, July 11, 1938
'Jamaica to-day mourns the loss of another of her distinguished sons in the person of Mr. Dunbar Theophilus Wint, former member of the Legislative Council for St. Ann, educationalist, planter, and journalist, who died in the Kingston Public Hospital on Saturday.'
HIS CAREER
Born at Snowdon, Manchester, on January 28, 1879, Mr. Wint was a son of the late Alexander Wint of Newport. He was educated at the Vere Trust School at Milk River, Clarendon, and entered the teaching profession at the early age of 20.
A short time after, he made a tour of Central and South America. From 1908 to 1910, he was Editor of the then weekly paper "Jamaica Tribune" and became President of the Jamaica Union of Teachers in 1913. For years he was a Director of the Teachers' Mutual Aid Society and was a former President of the Teachers' Benevolent and Orphan Society.
Entering the field of politics, Mr. Wint was elected to represent St Ann in the Legislature Council 1920 succeeding Mr. J. H. Allwood. That same year he was made a member of the Board of Education. He was a member of the Jamaica Road Policy Board since 1926; Editor Jamaica Critic since 1926; the Herald in 1928; member cf the Civil Service Commission, 1928; member 1st West Indian Conference, Barbados, 1929; on the Jamaican Exhibition Committee, 1930; on the Jamaica Development Committee, 1930; on the Government Continuation and Technical School Committee, 1931; Chairman of the Committee on change of Constitution, Jamaica, 1931; member of Board of Directors, Jamaica Government Railway, 1931; member of the Banana Industry Aid Board, 1933; member of the Advisory Committee on Vocational Schools, 1922; on the Advisory Committee on primary and secondary education, 1933.
He was made Vice Chairman of the Board of Education, 1933 and a member of the Water and Sewerage Board, that same year. He led the Jamaica Delegation at the International Conference on fruits and vegetables, 1933 and was a member of the select committee on Banana Insurance, 1934. That same year he was made a member of the Cattle and Dairy Committee; member Board of Trustees Wolmer's High School and a member of the Jamaica Schools Commission. In the following year he was made a member of the Select Committee on Industrial Schools, and a member of the Board of Management of the Jamaica Agricultural Society. He retired from politics that same year. He was a Justice of the Peace for the Parishes of Clarendon and St. Ann.
'Jamaica to-day mourns the loss of another of her distinguished sons in the person of Mr. Dunbar Theophilus Wint, former member of the Legislative Council for St. Ann, educationalist, planter, and journalist, who died in the Kingston Public Hospital on Saturday.'
HIS CAREER
Born at Snowdon, Manchester, on January 28, 1879, Mr. Wint was a son of the late Alexander Wint of Newport. He was educated at the Vere Trust School at Milk River, Clarendon, and entered the teaching profession at the early age of 20.
A short time after, he made a tour of Central and South America. From 1908 to 1910, he was Editor of the then weekly paper "Jamaica Tribune" and became President of the Jamaica Union of Teachers in 1913. For years he was a Director of the Teachers' Mutual Aid Society and was a former President of the Teachers' Benevolent and Orphan Society.
Entering the field of politics, Mr. Wint was elected to represent St Ann in the Legislature Council 1920 succeeding Mr. J. H. Allwood. That same year he was made a member of the Board of Education. He was a member of the Jamaica Road Policy Board since 1926; Editor Jamaica Critic since 1926; the Herald in 1928; member cf the Civil Service Commission, 1928; member 1st West Indian Conference, Barbados, 1929; on the Jamaican Exhibition Committee, 1930; on the Jamaica Development Committee, 1930; on the Government Continuation and Technical School Committee, 1931; Chairman of the Committee on change of Constitution, Jamaica, 1931; member of Board of Directors, Jamaica Government Railway, 1931; member of the Banana Industry Aid Board, 1933; member of the Advisory Committee on Vocational Schools, 1922; on the Advisory Committee on primary and secondary education, 1933.
He was made Vice Chairman of the Board of Education, 1933 and a member of the Water and Sewerage Board, that same year. He led the Jamaica Delegation at the International Conference on fruits and vegetables, 1933 and was a member of the select committee on Banana Insurance, 1934. That same year he was made a member of the Cattle and Dairy Committee; member Board of Trustees Wolmer's High School and a member of the Jamaica Schools Commission. In the following year he was made a member of the Select Committee on Industrial Schools, and a member of the Board of Management of the Jamaica Agricultural Society. He retired from politics that same year. He was a Justice of the Peace for the Parishes of Clarendon and St. Ann.
Gleaner, December 14, 1912
