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          Sir Clifford Clarence Campbell ON GCMG GCVO KStJ (28 June – 28 September ) was a Jamaican educator and politician who served as speaker of the House....

          Today is the th anniversary of the birth of Sir Clifford Campbell, the second governor general of Jamaica and the first Jamaican to hold the post.

          Clifford Campbell

          2nd governor-general of Jamaica

          Sir Clifford Clarence CampbellONGCMG GCVO KStJ (28 June 1892 – 28 September 1991) was a Jamaican educator and politician who served as speaker of the House and President of the Senate.

          In 1962, after Jamaica achieved independence, he was appointed as the first Jamaica-born and second governor-general of Jamaica, serving in that position for more than a decade.

          Early life and family

          Clifford Campbell was born in Petersfield, Jamaica on 28 June 1892,[1] the son of civil servant James Campbell and his wife Blance (née Ruddock).

          He was educated at Petersfield Elementary School and Mico Teachers' College.

          Sir Clifford Clarence Campbell ON GCMG GCVO KStJ was a Jamaican educator and politician who served as speaker of the House and President of the Senate.

        1. Sir Clifford Clarence Campbell, the first native governor general of Jamaica, was born in Petersfield, in Westmoreland Parish, to James Campbell, a civil.
        2. Sir Clifford Clarence Campbell ON GCMG GCVO KStJ (28 June – 28 September ) was a Jamaican educator and politician who served as speaker of the House.
        3. Campbell was born on June 28, , 70 years before Independence, in Petersfield, Westmoreland, to James Campbell, a civil servant, and Blanche.
        4. On June 28th, , Sir Clifford Campbell, the first Jamaica-born Governor-General of Jamaica was born in Petersfield in Westmoreland Parish.

          5. He became a schoolteacher and later was promoted to principal of three schools and headmaster in the parish. On 1 August 1920, Campbell married Alice Estephene. They had four children.[2]

          Political career and death

          Campbell served as principal of the Grange Hill Government School