Monica Agnes Skeete (née Martineau) was born in Grenville, Grenada, on 23 October 1923 and was educated at the Church of England High School (later called the Anglican High School), Grenada, before she moved to Barbados, where her father lived, in 1937 for an education at Queen's College girls' school. After graduating from Queens in 1942, she was awarded a Ext. B.A. Gen. in 1950 (in Latin, English and History) and took up a teaching post at Queen's College in 1951.The Annual, Queen's College Barbados, 1952: 4 In 1956 she took study leave from her job and relocated to London, travelling with her then fiancé Harry Skeete, a Barbadian with plans for university study in London. The couple were married a Holborn Registry Office in September 1956 and lived in Hornsey, North London.Marriage certificate, verified on Ancestry.com In October 1956 Skeete entered King's College, University of London, where she gained a Postgraduate Diploma in Education and then a BA Hons in History.Staff file, Queen's College Archive, Queen's College Barbados. Confirmed by Archives & Research Collections, Libraries & Collections, King's College London.
