Arthur Lewin Alexander

Arthur Lewin Alexander OBE 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]

Arthur Lewin Alexander
Inspector General of Police
Preceded byM. K. N. Collens
Succeeded byE. R. T. Madjitey

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
  1. "IGP'S FROM 1924 -2013". ghanapolice.info. Archived from the original on July 7, 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  2. "Mr. A. L. Alexander". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 19 April 1971. p. 14.
  3. "No. 39243". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 1951. p. 3093.
  4. "No. 41592". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1958. p. 45.
  5. 1911 England Census
  6. 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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