Ransford Slater

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Sir Alexander Ransford Slater KCMG CBE (1874-1940) was a British colonial administrator, who served as governor of Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast and Jamaica.[1]

Slater was born on 28 November 1874.[2] He earned a degree from the University of Cambridge.[2]

In 1892, Slater joined the Ceylon Civil Service, and by 1906, was District Judge of Badulla.[2]

Slater was Governor of Sierra Leone from 1922 to 1927, Governor of the Gold Coast from 1927 to 1932, and Governor of Jamaica from 1932 to 1934.[3]

In the 1918 New Year Honours, he was appointed a CBE.

References

  1. ^ https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp78490/sir-alexander-ransford-slater
  2. ^ a b c Arnold Wright (1999). Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon: Its History, People, Commerce, Industries, and Resources. Asian Educational Services. p. 101. ISBN 978-81-206-1335-5.
  3. ^ Marcus Garvey (23 August 2006). The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Vol. X: Africa for the Africans, 1923–1945. University of California Press. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-520-93275-3.