M. K. N. Collens
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Matthew Kirkham Needham Collens, CMG, CBE (died 31 December 1957)[1] was a British police officer; and the Inspector General of Police of the Gold Coast Police Service from 26 May 1949 to the end of his life, when Gold Coast had become Ghana.[2]
He had previously been in Nigeria, and replaced Richard Waverley Head Ballantine in the position, arriving on 21 February 1949.[3][4]
He was awarded the CBE in 1955.[5] He died in Catterick Military Hospital.[6]
