Arnold Smith Explained

Arnold Cantwell Smith
1st Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations
1Blankname:Head
1Namedata:Elizabeth II
Term Start:1 July 1965
Term End:30 June 1975
Predecessor:Position established
Successor:Sir Shridath Ramphal
Birth Date:18 January 1915
Birth Place:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Death Place:Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1]

Arnold Cantwell Smith (January 18, 1915  - February 7, 1994) was a Canadian diplomat. He was the first Commonwealth Secretary-General, serving from 1965 - 1975.

A talented student, he won a Rhodes Scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford.

From 1958 to 1961, he was the Canadian Ambassador to Egypt. From 1961 to 1963, he was the Canadian Ambassador to the USSR. During his time at the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Commonwealth flag was designed on his and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's initiative.

In 1975 he was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour. In 1984, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for "a long and distinguished diplomatic career".

Arnold Smith was the elder brother of Wilfred Cantwell Smith.[2]

His published work includes Stitches In Time; the Commonwealth in World Politics.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-arnold-smith-1393187.html
  2. Web site: Wilfred Cantwell Smith. 2008-08-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20180703190845/http://www.ageofsignificance.org/people/wcsmith/index.html. 2018-07-03. dead.
  3. Smith, Arnold, and Clyde Sanger. Stitches in Time : The Commonwealth in World Politics. Don Mills, Ont.: General Publishing, 1981.