Sir Howard Felix Hanlan Cooke , ON , GCMG , GCVO , CD , K.St.J ( 13 November 1915 -- 11 July 2014 ) was the Governor-General of Jamaica from 1 August 1991 until 15 February 2006 when he became the first governor-general to invest his own successor , His Excellency Professor The Most Honourable Sir Kenneth Octavius Hall .
Sir Howard Felix Hanlan Cooke , ON , GCMG , GCVO , CD , K.St.J ( 13 November 1915 -- 11 July 2014 ) was the Governor-General of Jamaica from 1 August 1991 until 15 February 2006 when he became the first governor-general to invest his own successor , Professor Kenneth Octavius Hall .