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Arthur Lewin Alexander
Inspector General of Police
Preceded byM. K. N. Collens
Succeeded byE. 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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "IGP'S FROM 1924 -2013". ghanapolice.info. Archived from the original on July 7, 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  • ^ "Mr. A. L. Alexander". The Times. 19 April 1971. p. 14.
  • ^ "No. 39243". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 1951. p. 3093.
  • ^ "No. 41592". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1958. p. 45.
  • ^ 1911 England Census
  • ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
  • Police appointments
    Preceded by

    M. K. N. Collens

    Inspector General of Police
    1958 - 1959
    Succeeded by

    Erasmus Ransford Tawiah Madjitey

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