First President and first Prime Minister of Ghana. Born in the Gold Coast Colony, now Ghana. Birth date uncertain. As a young man he studied first in the USA and then London, at the LSE. While in London he met George Padmore. Returned to the Gold Coast in 1947 to take up a political role. As the leader of the government he declared Ghana an independent country and a member of the Commonwealth in March 1957. Died in a hospital in Bucharest, Romania.
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Kwame Nkrumah
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Kwame Nkrumah
Kwame Nkrumah, 1909 - 1972, first President of Ghana, lived here, 1945 - 1947...
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Philip Twells
Banker, barrister and MP for the City of London. Lived in Enfield where his widow built St Mary Magdalene Church on Windmill Hill in his memory. They also had homes in Grosvenor Place and Eastbour...
S. Burdett-Coutts
Chairman of Governors of the Burdett-Coutts and Townshend Foundation School in 1924 and still alive and laying plaques in 1953. Nephew to William Burdett-Coutts.
Sir Polydore de Keyser
Born Belgium. The family moved to London in 1842 and his father established De Keyser's Royal Hotel on the site of what is now Unilever House. The son joined the business and the hotel became the l...
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William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke
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