Sir Edwin Porter Arrowsmith (23 May 1909 – 10 July 1992) was a
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colonial administrator.
He was
Commissioner of the Turks and Caicos from 1940 to 1946,
Administrator of Dominica
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from 1946 to 1952, Resident Commissioner, Basutoland from 1952 to 1956,
Governor of the Falkland Islands
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from 1957 to 1964 and concurrently
High Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory from 1962 to 1964.
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1909 births
1992 deaths
Governors of the Falkland Islands
Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
People educated at Cheltenham College
Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford
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