Arthur Lewin Alexander | |
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Inspector General of Police | |
Preceded by | M. K. N. Collens |
Succeeded by | E. R. T. Madjitey |
Arthur Lewin Alexander CBE KPM (6 March 1907 – 17 April 1971) was a British police officer and was the last non-Ghanaian Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service from 1 May 1958 to 8 October 1959. [1] After returning to England, he served as secretary of the Henley Royal Regatta from 1959 to his death. [2]
He was awarded the King's Police Medal for Meritorious Service in the 1951 Birthday Honours [3] and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1959 New Year Honours. [4]
Alexander was born in Hutton, Essex to Lewin Venn Alexander, a shipping agent and underwriter, and Miriam Devereux Alexander. [5] He died in Reading, Berkshire in 1971. [6]
Arthur Lewin Alexander | |
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Inspector General of Police | |
Preceded by | M. K. N. Collens |
Succeeded by | E. R. T. Madjitey |
Arthur Lewin Alexander CBE KPM (6 March 1907 – 17 April 1971) was a British police officer and was the last non-Ghanaian Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service from 1 May 1958 to 8 October 1959. [1] After returning to England, he served as secretary of the Henley Royal Regatta from 1959 to his death. [2]
He was awarded the King's Police Medal for Meritorious Service in the 1951 Birthday Honours [3] and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1959 New Year Honours. [4]
Alexander was born in Hutton, Essex to Lewin Venn Alexander, a shipping agent and underwriter, and Miriam Devereux Alexander. [5] He died in Reading, Berkshire in 1971. [6]