Charles Noble Arden-Clarke

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The Governor of the British Gold Coast Colony, Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke, meets some important chiefs from the Northern Territories in Tamale ; between 1949 and 1957

Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke (born July 25, 1898 in India , † December 16, 1962 in Syleham , Suffolk ) was a British colonial administrator.

He was the chief police chief of Bechuanaland (later Botswana ) between 1937 and 1942 . From 1946 to 1949 he was governor of the Sarawak Crown Colony . From 1949 to 1957 he was the governor of the Gold Coast . In 1957, the year of independence, the Gold Coast was renamed Ghana and Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke became the first Governor General of Ghana. His successor in office that same year was William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel .

On August 16, 1946, he was promoted to Knight Bachelor . On January 1, 1948 he was Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George , and on January 1, 1952 Knight Grand Cross of the same order.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Knights and Dames: A – BEC at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
personal data
SURNAME Arden-Clarke, Charles Noble
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British colonial administrator
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH India
DATE OF DEATH December 16, 1962
Place of death Syleham , Suffolk