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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Augustus Akiwumi was born in [[Nigeria]] but became a naturalised [[Ghana]]ian.<ref name=afrograph>{{cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/afrograph/blackbritish.html |title=Black and British: A Family History |accessdate=2007-04-18 |author= Susan Yetunde Goligher |work=Channel 4's Black and Asian History Map |publisher=Afrograph|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040224141908/http://www.geocities.com/afrograph/blackbritish.html|archivedate=2004-02-24}}</ref> |
Augustus Akiwumi was born in [[Nigeria]] but became a naturalised [[Ghana]]ian.<ref name=afrograph>{{cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/afrograph/blackbritish.html |title=Black and British: A Family History |accessdate=2007-04-18 |author= Susan Yetunde Goligher |work=Channel 4's Black and Asian History Map |publisher=Afrograph|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040224141908/http://www.geocities.com/afrograph/blackbritish.html|archivedate=2004-02-24}}</ref> |
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In 1910 he was sent to live with guardians, a Smith family of [[Crosby, Cumbria]] in [[England]]. He attended Queen's College, [[Taunton]], [[Somerset]].<ref name=afrograph/> He proceeded to the [[Fitzwilliam College]], [[Cambridge University]], where he studied [[law]].<ref name=afrograph/> He also trained as a [[banker]] at the [[Midland Bank]], [[Ludgate Hill]], [[London]], prior to his return to Ghana. |
In 1910 he was sent to live with guardians, a Smith family of [[Crosby, Cumbria]] in [[England]]. He attended Queen's College, [[Taunton]], [[Somerset]].<ref name=afrograph/> He proceeded to the [[Fitzwilliam College]], [[Cambridge University]], where he studied [[law]].<ref name=afrograph/> He also trained as a [[banker]] at the [[Midland Bank]], [[Ludgate Hill]], [[London]], prior to his return to Ghana. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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He was called to the bar at the Honourable Society of [[Lincoln's Inn]] in 1921.<ref name=afrograph/> He was appointed Speaker of the Parliament in February 1958 in the |
He was called to the bar at the Honourable Society of [[Lincoln's Inn]] in 1921.<ref name=afrograph/> He was appointed Speaker of the Parliament in February 1958 in the [[Dominion of Ghana]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gh/leadershipdetails.php?id=0003 |title=Rt. Hon. Ebenezer Sekyi Hughes:Speakers of Parliament from 1951 - 2005 |accessdate=2007-04-18 |work=Official website of the Parliament of Ghana |publisher=Parliament of Ghana |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927045829/http://www.parliament.gh/leadershipdetails.php?id=0003 |archivedate=2007-09-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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==Family== |
==Family== |
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Akiwumi married Grace Aryee and, subsequently, Helen Kabuki Ocansey, both Ghanaians. |
Akiwumi married Grace Aryee and, subsequently, Helen Kabuki Ocansey, both Ghanaians. |
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*[http://usedmagazines.com/cgi-bin/otherjpg.cgi?full/LF19600118.JPG Picture on cover of "Life" magazine of January 18, 1960] |
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Revision as of 08:16, 17 December 2019
Augustus Molade Akiwumi | |
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| 2nd Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana | |
| In office February 1958 – June 1960 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Emannuel C. Quist |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Richard Asiedu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 April 1891 Lagos, Nigeria[1] |
| Political party | CPP |
| Spouse | Grace Aryee & Helen Kabuki Ocansey |
| Children | Akiwusi, Akiola & Akilano, Akilebu, Akilowu, Omotayo, Helen, Akilaja(Ninii) |
| Residence(s) | Farrar Avenue, Adabraka, Accra, Ghana |
| Occupation | Barrister / Banker |
Justice Augustus Molade Akiwumi (7 April 1891 – ?) was a judge and also the second Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana.
Early life
Augustus Akiwumi was born in Nigeria but became a naturalised Ghanaian.[2] In 1910 he was sent to live with guardians, a Smith family of Crosby, Cumbria in England. He attended Queen's College, Taunton, Somerset.[2] He proceeded to the Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University, where he studied law.[2] He also trained as a banker at the Midland Bank, Ludgate Hill, London, prior to his return to Ghana.
Career
He was called to the bar at the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn in 1921.[2] He was appointed Speaker of the Parliament in February 1958 in the Dominion of Ghana.[3]
Family
Akiwumi married Grace Aryee and, subsequently, Helen Kabuki Ocansey, both Ghanaians.
Notes
- ^ "Ghana Year Book". 1959.
- ^ a b c d Susan Yetunde Goligher. "Black and British: A Family History". Channel 4's Black and Asian History Map. Afrograph. Archived from the original on 2004-02-24. Retrieved 2007-04-18.
- ^ "Rt. Hon. Ebenezer Sekyi Hughes:Speakers of Parliament from 1951 - 2005". Official website of the Parliament of Ghana. Parliament of Ghana. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-04-18.
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