Charles Arden-Clarke

Charles Noble Arden-Clarke
First Governor-General of Ghana
In office March 6, 1957 – June 24, 1957
Monarch	Queen Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Kwame Nkrumah (March 6, 1957 - July 1, 1960)
Preceded by	Newly created position
Succeeded by	Lord Listowel
Last Governor of the Gold Coast
In office August 11, 1949 – March 6, 1957
Monarch	King George VI succeeded in 1952 by Queen Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Kwame Nkrumah (March 21, 1952 - March 6, 1957)
Preceded by	Sir Robert Scott
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Resident Commissioner of Bechuanaland
In office 1937–1942
Monarch	King George VI
Preceded by	Charles Fernand Rey
Succeeded by	Aubrey Denzil Forsyth-Thompson
First Governor of Sarawak
In office October 26, 1946 – July 26, 1949
Monarch	King George VI
Preceded by	Newly created position
Succeeded by	Sir Duncan George Stewart
Personal details
Born	1898
Died	1962

Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke (1898 – 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 Tschekedi Khama was in violent conflict with the British authorities^[1]. In 1946, he was appointed as the first Governor of the newly-created British Crown Colony of Sarawak, which was annexed in 1946 from 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^[2] until 1957 (later Ghana). On February 12, 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 led to the success of Ghana's independence.

References

1. ^ Birmingham, David. Kwame Nkrumah: The Father of African Nationalism (Revised Edition). Ohio University Press. 1998. p.38-39.
2. ^ Birmingham, David. Kwame Nkrumah: The Father of African Nationalism (Revised Edition). Ohio University Press. 1998. p.38-39.

Government offices
Preceded by Charles Fernand Rey	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	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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Name	Arden-Clarke, Charles Noble
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Date of birth	1898
Place of birth
Date of death	1962
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