Arthur George Murchison Fletcher

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Sir (Arthur George) Murchison Fletcher KCMG CBE (* 1878 ; † 1954 ) was a British colonial governor .

As governor, he represented the British monarch from November 22, 1929 to November 28, 1936 in the colony of Fiji in connection with the Office of the High Commissioner of the West Pacific Territories and from September 17, 1936 to 1938 in Trinidad and Tobago . Fletcher motivated the Trinidadian workers to organize in unions.

In 1929 he was made a Knight Bachelor and in 1930 Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George .

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.fijibure.com/rulers.htm
  2. http://rulers.org/rult.html
  3. Trinidad Express of December 19, 2012: A fearless fighter for labor ( Memento of November 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  4. Knights and Dames: DOO – FOW at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
predecessor Office successor
Sir Eyre Hutson Governor of Fiji
and High Commissioner of the Western Pacific Territories
1929-1936
Sir Arthur Richards
Alfred Claud Hollis Governor of Trinidad and Tobago
1936–1938
Hubert Winthrop Young