Arthur Stephen Mavrogordato

Arthur Stephen Mavrogordato (born November 22, 1886 in Nicosia , † January 1, 1964 in Barbados ) was a British police officer.

Life

Mavrogordato served as the police in command in Palestine from March 1923 to July 1931 . In 1931 he was transferred to the British crown colony of Trinidad as head of the regiment . Colonel Mavrogordato had the task of introducing a new regimental symbol for the Trinidad Constabulary and chose the Star of David , which is still the symbol of the Trinidad and Tobago police force today. He was also head of the colonial censorship agency, the main task of which was to identify films that were to be withheld for political reasons from Trinidadian cinema enthusiasts (at the end of the 1930s nine cinemas could coexist in Port of Spain, which has 80,000 inhabitants). Mavrogordato was the chief of police in Trinidad until 1938 and then continued to live in Port of Spain . He was succeeded by Colonel Walter Angus Muller.

Arthur Steven was married in Trinidad to Olga Mavrogordato, née Boos, historian and temporary managing director of the Trinidadian trading company JN Harriman & Company Limited. In 1961 Mavrogordato translated the work "Histoire de l'Ile de la Trinidad Sous le Gouvernement Espagnol", written by Pierre Gustave Louis Borde in 1883, from French into English.

Individual evidence

^ Caribbean History Archives: Brigadier Arthur Steven Mavrogordato. Retrieved January 16, 2019 .
^ Gallery of Police Commanders and Inspectors General in Palestine
↑ Hans-Ulrich Dillmann: Nobody knows why: The police go on a gangster hunt with a Star of David . In: taz . October 1, 2007, p. 10.
↑ Harvey R. Neptune: Caliban and the Yankees: Trinidad and the United States Occupation . University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill 2007, ISBN 978-0-8078-5788-5 , pp. 69 .

personal data
SURNAME	Mavrogordato, Arthur Stephen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British Police Officer, Chief of Police of Trinidad and Tobago
DATE OF BIRTH	November 22, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nicosia (Cyprus)
DATE OF DEATH	January 1, 1964
Place of death	Barbados

[1] Caribbean History Archives: Brigadier Arthur Steven Mavrogordato. Retrieved January 16, 2019 .

[2] Gallery of Police Commanders and Inspectors General in Palestine

[3] Hans-Ulrich Dillmann: Nobody knows why: The police go on a gangster hunt with a Star of David . In: taz . October 1, 2007, p. 10.

[4] Harvey R. Neptune: Caliban and the Yankees: Trinidad and the United States Occupation . University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill 2007, ISBN 978-0-8078-5788-5 , pp. 69 .