Lawrence Whitfield Major

Lawrence Whitfield Major was a senior naval officer in the Bahamas. Whitfield joined the Bahamas' police force in 1950. In 1971, when the Police force created a Police Marine Division, Major was put in charge. During his career Major held other senior positions within The Bahamas' Ministry of Security. When Major retired from the Police he was an assistant commissioner. He was then appointed Superintendent of the Bahamas' main prison, then known as the Fox Hill Prison and now called the Bahamas Department of Corrections.

Early life and family

Major was born on 19 March 1932 to Lloyd Major and Lillian Major nee Saunders in Moss Town, Exuma, Bahamas.
He was the third child and second son.

In 1979 Major was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire. In 2016 the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, the agency that evolved from the Police Marine Division that Major commanded, commissioned the HMBS Lawrence Major.