On This Day In Black History FEB 24 Alexander Bustamante
Sir William Alexander Clarke Bustamante ONH GBE PC (born William Alexander Clarke; 24 February 1884 – 6 August 1977) was a Jamaican politician and labour leader, who, in 1962, became the first prime minister of Jamaica.
Early life and education
He was born to Mary Clarke (née Wilson), a woman of mixed race, and her husband, Robert Constantine Clarke, the son of Robert Clarke, an Irish Catholic planter, in Blenheim, Hanover.[1] His grandmother, Elsie Clarke-Shearer, was also the grandmother of Norman Washington Manley.[2]
William said that he took the surname Bustamante to honour a Spanish sea captain who he claims adopted him in his early years and took him to Spain where he was sent to school and later returned to Jamaica.[3]
READ MORE: JAMAICA'S FIRST PRIME MINISTER ALEXANDER BUSTAMANTE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Bu...
Early life and education
He was born to Mary Clarke (née Wilson), a woman of mixed race, and her husband, Robert Constantine Clarke, the son of Robert Clarke, an Irish Catholic planter, in Blenheim, Hanover.[1] His grandmother, Elsie Clarke-Shearer, was also the grandmother of Norman Washington Manley.[2]
William said that he took the surname Bustamante to honour a Spanish sea captain who he claims adopted him in his early years and took him to Spain where he was sent to school and later returned to Jamaica.[3]
READ MORE: JAMAICA'S FIRST PRIME MINISTER ALEXANDER BUSTAMANTE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Bu...
