Edwin Arrowsmith Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Sir
Edwin Arrowsmith
Honorific-Suffix:KCMG
Office:Governor of the Falkland Islands
Term:1957-1964
Successor:Cosmo Haskard
Predecessor:Oswald Raynor Arthur
Office2:High Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory
Term2:1962–1964
Predecessor2:Inaugural holder
Successor2:Cosmo Haskard
Birth Date:23 May 1909
Death Date:10 July 1992 (aged 83)
Birth Name:Edwin Porter Arrowsmith
Nationality:British
Alma Mater:Cheltenham College and Trinity College, Oxford

Sir Edwin Porter Arrowsmith (23 May 1909 – 10 July 1992) was a British colonial administrator.

He was Commissioner of the Turks and Caicos from 1940 to 1946, Administrator of Dominica from 1946 to 1952, Resident Commissioner, Basutoland from 1952 to 1956, Governor of the Falkland Islands from 1957 to 1964 and concurrently High Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory from 1962 to 1964.[1] [2]

He was appointed a Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1950 Birthday Honours and a Knight Commander of the Order (KCMG) in the 1959 Birthday Honours.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Collection: Archive of Sir Edwin Arrowsmith | Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts. archives.bodleian.ox.ac.uk.
  2. Web site: The Falkland Islands and the British Empire. www.britishempire.co.uk.