Robert Lightbourne, M.P. ,first Managing Director of the Industrial Development Corporation during the Jamaica Labour Party regime, is an industrialist who made his mark in the U.K. before returning to Jamaica, where he was chairman of Juney Iron and Steel Co., Birmingham. The Lightbourne name has for generations been a household word in St. Thomas in which parish Mr. Lightbourne was successful. In 1946 Mr. Lightbourne invented a grass drying machine which he presented to the Jamaica Government. (May 1958) (WIP-17), Box: 4, Folder: 3. West Indian Photograph Collection, SC135. The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies . https://archivespace.sta.uwi.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/8008 Accessed December 12, 2024.