Augustus Molade Akiwumi

Augustus Molade Akiwumi (7 April 1891 – ?) was a Supreme Court Judge and also the second Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana.

The Right Honourable

Augustus Molade Akiwumi
2nd Speaker of the
Parliament of Ghana
In office
February 1958 – June 1960
Preceded bySir Emannuel C. Quist
Succeeded byJoseph Richard Asiedu
Personal details
Born(1891-04-07)7 April 1891
Lagos, Nigeria[1]
Political partyCPP
Spouse(s)Grace Aryee & Helen Kabuki Ocansey
ChildrenAkiwusi, Akiola & Akilano, Akilebu, Akilowu, Omotayo, Helen, Akilaja(Ninii)
ResidenceFarrar Avenue, Adabraka, Accra, Ghana
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
OccupationBarrister / Banker

Early life

Augustus Akiwumi was born in Nigeria but became a naturalised Ghanaian.[2] In 1910 he was sent to live with guardians, a Smith family of Crosby, Cumbria in England. He attended Queen's College, Taunton, Somerset.[2] He proceeded to the Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University, where he studied law.[2] He also trained as a banker at the Midland Bank, Ludgate Hill, London, prior to his return to Ghana.

Career

He was called to the bar at the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn in 1921.[2] He became a judge in Ghana and was appointed a Supreme Court Judge.[3] In 1964, while he was a High Court Judge in Ghana, he was appointed Legal Secretary in the East African Common Service Organisation.[4] He was later appointed Speaker of the Parliament in February 1958 in the Dominion of Ghana.[5]

Family

Akiwumi married Grace Aryee and, subsequently, Helen Kabuki Ocansey, both Ghanaians.

See also

Notes
  1. "Ghana Year Book". 1959.
  2. Susan Yetunde Goligher. "Black and British: A Family History". Channel 4's Black and Asian History Map. Afrograph. Archived from the original on 2004-02-24. Retrieved 2007-04-18.
  3. Quayson, Ato (15 August 2014). Oxford Street, Accra. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0822357476. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. "Ghanaian Appointed Legal Secretary of East African Services". Ghana News. Washington DC: Embassy of Ghana. 2 (2): 8. February 1964. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  5. "Rt. Hon. Ebenezer Sekyi Hughes:Speakers of Parliament from 1951 - 2005". Official website of the Parliament of Ghana. Parliament of Ghana. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 18 April 2007.


Political offices
Preceded by
Sir Emmanuel Charles Quist		 Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana
1958 – 1960		 Succeeded by
Joseph Richard Asiedu
Notes and references
1. http://www.parliament.gh/leadershipdetails.php?id=0003
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