Clement Arrindell

{{Short description|Governor of Saint Kitts and Nevis (1931–2011)}}

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{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}

{{Infobox Officeholder

|honorific-prefix = His Excellency

|name = Sir Clement Arrindell

|honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|GCMG|GCVO|QC}}

|office = 1st Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis{{Efn|name=name}}

|image = Clement Arrindell.png

|image_size = 140px

|monarch = Elizabeth II

|primeminister = Sir Kennedy Simmonds
Denzil Douglas

|term_start = 19 September 1983

|term_end = 31 December 1995

|predecessor = Office Established
Himself as Governor

|successor = Sir Cuthbert Sebastian

|office2 = Governor of Saint Kitts and Nevis{{Efn|name=name}}

|monarch2 = Elizabeth II

|premier2 = Sir Kennedy Simmonds

|term_start2 = 26 November 1981

|term_end2 = 19 September 1983

|predecessor2 = Sir Probyn Inniss

|successor2 = Office Abolished
Himself as Governor General

|birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1931|4|16}}

|birth_place = Basseterre, Saint Kitts, British Leeward Islands

|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2011|3|26|1931|4|16}}

|death_place =

|spouse = Evelyn O'Loughlyn

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Sir Clement Athelston Arrindell {{postnominals|country=GBR|GCMG|GCVO|QC}} (19 April 1931 – 27 March 2011) was the first governor-general of Saint Kitts and Nevis,{{Efn|name=name|The country was officially known as Saint Christopher and Nevis until 26 November 1986.}} serving from 1983 to 1995, and also served as the country's final colonial governor, from 1981 to 1983.

Arrindell was born in Basseterre, Saint Kitts, and educated at the St. Kitts–Nevis Grammar School, where he was top of his class in his final year. He left to study in England in 1954, and was called to the bar in June 1958, as a member of Lincoln's Inn. Arrindell returned to Saint Kitts in December 1958. He initially worked in private practice, but was eventually made a magistrate. From 1972 to 1978, he served as a senior magistrate, both in Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (as the colony was then known) and in the British Virgin Islands. In July 1978, Arrindell was made a judge of the West Indies Associated States Supreme Court (now known as the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court). He served in the position until November 1981, when he succeeded Sir Probyn Inniss as Governor of Saint Kitts and Nevis (an Associated State of the United Kingdom at the time). On independence in September 1983, he was appointed governor-general, and remained in the position until his retirement in December 1995.[http://www.caribbeanelections.com/knowledge/biography/bios/arrindell_clement.asp "Clement Athelston Arrindell"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313045823/http://caribbeanelections.com/knowledge/biography/bios/arrindell_clement.asp |date=13 March 2016 }} – Caribbean Elections. Retrieved 24 April 2016. Arrindell was created a Knight Bachelor in June 1982,{{London Gazette |issue=49008|date=12 June 1982|page=2|supp=y}} and was also later made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) in February 1984 and a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) in October 1985.{{London Gazette |issue=49641|date=7 February 1984|page=1747}}{{London Gazette |issue=50333|date=29 November 1985|page=16780}} He died in March 2011, after a short illness, and was awarded a state funeral.(5 April 2011). [http://www.kittivisianlife.com/articles/04-2011/state-funeral-for-sir-clement "State Funeral for Sir Clement"] – Kittivisian Life. Retrieved 24 April 2016.