George Arthur Padmore
Liberian diplomat
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George Arthur Padmore (July 16, 1915 – April 15, 2005) was a Liberian diplomat. From 1956 to 1961 he was Liberian Ambassador to the United States.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Vice President of Liberia William R. Tolbert. (L-R) President Kennedy, Vice President Tolbert, Liberian Ambassador George Padmore, and Deputy Director of the Office of West African Affairs Wendell B. Coote hold a quilted coverlet adorned with the Liberian and American flags. | |
| Born | July 16, 1915 |
| Died | April 15, 2005 (aged 89) |
Life
Padmore was born on July 16, 1915,[1] the grandson of General George Stanley Padmore,[2] and the son of James Stanley Padmore and Mary Louise Barclay-Padmore, who had emigrated to Liberia from Barbados. His older sister was Antoinette Tubman. After Padmore's parents died in a canoeing accident on the Saint Paul River,[3] he became the adopted son of the politician Edwin Barclay and his wife Euphemia.
In April 1939 Padmore married Edith Mai Wiles,[1] who would later serve as Liberia's first woman cabinet minister.[4] The couple had five children.[5]
Padmore died at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland on April 15, 2005.[6]
Works
- Memoirs of a Liberian Ambassador. Edwin Mellen Press, 1996.