Today in history; November 4, 1961

Nov 10, 2011

Sir Fredrick Crawford left Government House and Uganda as a private citizen after close to 5 years as governor. (The Government House was where the present day State House in Entebbe stands today).

Sir Fredrick Crawford left Government House and Uganda as a private citizen after close to 5 years as governor. (The Government House was where the present day State House in Entebbe stands today).

Crawford’s term as governor ended shortly after the announcement that the country ruled as a British protectorate would be granted independence on October 9th 1962.

He left almost two weeks to the day before his successor, Sir Walter Coutts, was expected to arrive in Uganda on November 18th.

The Government House staff, cooks , Gardeners and house servants who had looked after Sir Fredrick lined up to bid him farewell. 

Crawford said goodbye to them shook hands with the deputy Governor, G B Cartland, his private secretary Marvin Fleay and house keeper D.K Orton and drove away on the first stage of a journey to Salisbury Southern Rhodesia.

He drove himself and was accompanied only by his Aide – de – Camp, Lionel Botcheby who would fly back from Entebbe to Salisbury.

Did you know?

The Asian communities in Uganda were ordered in August 1972 to leave the country within 90 days by President Idi Amin. The first Ugandan refugees fleeing the persecution of the country's military dictatorship arrived in Britain on September 18, 1972.

Over half of them had British passports and were housed in the UK by the Ugandan Resettlement Board.

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