Charles Arden-Clarke
| Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke KCMG |
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The Governor (second from left) watches boys operating lathes at the Trade Training Centre in Tamale
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| First Governor-General of Ghana | |
| In office 6 March 1957 – 24 June 1957 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Kwame Nkrumah (6 March 1957 – 1 July 1960) |
| Preceded by | Newly created position |
| Succeeded by | Lord Listowel |
| Last Governor of the Gold Coast | |
| In office 11 August 1949 – 6 March 1957 |
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| Prime Minister | Kwame Nkrumah (21 March 1952 – 6 March 1957) |
| Preceded by | Sir Robert Scott |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Resident Commissioner of Bechuanaland | |
| In office 1937–1942 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Fernand Rey |
| Succeeded by | Aubrey Denzil Forsyth-Thompson |
| First Governor of Sarawak | |
| In office 26 October 1946 – 26 July 1949 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Preceded by | Newly created position |
| Succeeded by | Sir Duncan George Stewart |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 July 1898[1] Bournemouth, England |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.[2] |
Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke KCMG (25 July 1898 – 16 December 1962) was a British colonial administrator.
He was the Resident Commissioner of the Bechuanaland Protectorate between 1937 and 1942 (later Botswana), a time at which the ruling regent Tshekedi Khama was in violent conflict with the British authorities.[3] In 1946, he was appointed as the first Governor of the newly created British Crown Colony of Sarawak, which was ceded in 1946 by the Kingdom of Sarawak. During his governorship in Sarawak, he was despised by locals as upon his appointment, Sarawak was engulfed with the Anti-cession Movement, which led to the assassination of his successor, Sir George Duncan Stewart in 1949 by the radical members of the Anti-cession movement.
After Sarawak, he was the last governor of the Gold Coast from August 1949[4] until 1957 (later Ghana). On 12 February 1951 he authorized Kwame Nkrumah's release from imprisonment in James Fort. After independence, he was named the first Governor-General of Ghana in 1957. Arden-Clarke's acceptance of the Africans and his attitude towards Kwame Nkrumah allegedly led to the relative success of Ghana's independence.
References
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ Birmingham, David. Kwame Nkrumah: The Father of African Nationalism (Revised Edition). Ohio University Press. 1998. p.38-39.
- ↑ Birmingham, David. Kwame Nkrumah: The Father of African Nationalism (Revised Edition). Ohio University Press. 1998. p.38-39.
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| Preceded by | Resident Commissioner of Bechuanaland 1937 – 19421 |
Succeeded by Aubrey Denzil Forsyth-Thompson |
| New creation | Governor of Sarawak 1946 - 19492 |
Succeeded by Sir Duncan George Stewart |
| Preceded by
Sir Robert Scott
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Governor of the Gold Coast 1949–19573 |
Post abolished |
| New creation | Governor-General of Ghana 19573 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Listowel |
| Notes and references | ||
| 1. http://www.rulers.org/rulb1.html#botswana 2. http://www.rulers.org/rulg1.html#ghana |
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