Kenneth Blackburne

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Kenneth Blackburne was a British colonial administrator who became the first Governor-General of an independent Jamaica in 1962.

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Kenneth Blackburne canonical 4
Sir Kenneth Blackburne 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonial administrator ⓘ
governor-general ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointedBy Elizabeth II ⓘ
awardReceived Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1907-12-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1980-11-04 ⓘ
educatedAt Clare College, Cambridge ⓘ
Wellington College ⓘ
employer British Colonial Service ⓘ
linked to: Colonial Office
endTime 1962-11-30 ⓘ
ethnicGroup White British ⓘ
familyName Blackburne ⓘ
fieldOfWork colonial administration ⓘ
givenName Kenneth ⓘ
honorificTitle Sir ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm Elizabeth II ⓘ
notableEvent oversaw transition of Jamaica from British colony to independent state ⓘ
notableFor being the first Governor-General of an independent Jamaica ⓘ
officeContested none ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bordon, Hampshire, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of Jamaica ⓘ
Governor of the Leeward Islands ⓘ
Governor of the Windward Islands ⓘ
Governor-General of Jamaica ⓘ
colonial administrator in British Africa ⓘ
predecessor position created (Governor-General of Jamaica) ⓘ
residence Jamaica ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Ursula Blackburne ⓘ
startTime 1962-08-06 ⓘ
successor Clifford Campbell ⓘ
workLocation Jamaica ⓘ
Leeward Islands ⓘ
Windward Islands ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blackburne → hasNotableBearer → Kenneth Blackburne ⓘ
Clifford Campbell → precededBy → Kenneth Blackburne ⓘ
Ursula Blackburne → spouse → Sir Kenneth Blackburne ⓘ
linked to: Kenneth Blackburne