Anthony Frederick Armbrister is a descendant of American Loyalists on both sides of his great grandfather, John Armbrister Jr., was born in Charleston, South Carolina, fled to East Florida, then came to The Bahamas with other exiled Tories. Anthony's grandfather, W. P. Armbrister, Nassau merchant and politician, and Cat Island planter, marrier Eugenie Bode, who was a descendant of Dr. Charles Bode, surgeon to the Hessian Grenadiers in America during the Revolutionary War. Tony came to Cat Island with his parents, Cyril and Frances Armbrister, where, as a young man, he built their home from materials recycled from the plantation buildings. He has now developed a resort village at Fernandez Bay, Cat Island.