Oswald Harding: ‘A politician and a gentleman’

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Dana MalcolmJournalist at Jamaica Observer

June 26, 2026

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Oswald Harding: ‘A politician and a gentleman’

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IN life Oswald Gaskell Harding was often described as a “politician and a gentleman”, a title not readily bestowed on many in that field.

In death he has been lionized as an outstanding Jamaican who served the country well.

As attorney general, Harding signed the execution warrant for the last death sentence carried out in Jamaica in 1988 but was one of the strongest critics of the death penalty.

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