Charles Arden-Clarke
Charles Noble Arden-Clarke | |
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| 1st Governor-General of Ghana | |
| In office 6 March 1957 – 24 June 1957 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Kwame Nkrumah |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Listowel |
| Governor of the Gold Coast | |
| In office 11 August 1949 – 6 March 1957 | |
| Monarchs | George VI Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Kwame Nkrumah (21 March 1952 – 6 March 1957) |
| Preceded by | Sir Robert Scott |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| 1st Governor of Sarawak | |
| In office 1 July 1946 – 26 July 1949 | |
| Monarch | George VI |
| Preceded by | Charles Vyner Brooke as Rajah of Sarawak |
| Succeeded by | Duncan Stewart |
| Resident Commissioner of Basutoland | |
| In office August 1942 – November 1946 | |
| Monarch | George VI |
| Preceded by | Aubrey Denzil Forsyth-Thompson |
| Succeeded by | Edwin Porter Arrowsmith |
| Resident Commissioner of Bechuanaland | |
| In office 1937–1942 | |
| Monarch | George VI |
| Preceded by | Charles Fernand Rey |
| Succeeded by | Aubrey Forsyth-Thompson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 July 1898 |
| Died | 16 December 1962 (aged 64) Syleham, England |
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Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke GCMG GCStJ (25 July 1898 – 16 December 1962) was a British colonial administrator who served in several territories under British rule, including Bechuanaland, Basutoland, Sarawak, Brunei, and the Gold Coast (the territory that became Ghana). He is particularly noted for his role as the last Governor of the Gold Coast and the first Governor-General of independent Ghana.