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'''Cecil Rawle''' (27 March 1891 &ndash; 9 June 1938)<ref name=DominicaAcademy>[http://www.da-academy.org/daas_honorees_rawle.html "Honorable Cecil Edgar Allan Rawle"]. Dominica Academy of Arts and Sciences.</ref> is [[Dominica]]'s first national hero, [[activist]] and father of [[Pan-Caribbeanism]].<ref name=ItzCaribbean>[http://www.itzcaribbean.com/history_dominica_cecil_rawle.php "Cecil Rawle", Caribbean History, ItzCaribbean.com]</ref>
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| birth_name = Cecil Edgar Alan Rawle
| birth_date = 27 March 1891
| birth_place = [[Roseau]], Dominica
| death_date = {{death date and age|9 June 1938|27 March 1891|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Antigua]]
| occupation = Barrister and activist
| monuments = Statue in [[Roseau]], Dominica
| education = [[Dominica Grammar School]]; [[Codrington College]]
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'''Cecil E. A. Rawle''' (27 March 1891 &ndash; 9 June 1938)<ref name=DominicaAcademy>Gabriel Christian, [http://www.da-academy.org/daas_honorees_rawle.html "Honorable Cecil Edgar Allan Rawle"], Dominica Academy of Arts and Sciences, May 2011. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412223658/http://da-academy.org/daas_honorees_rawle.html# |date=12 April 2016 }}.</ref> was a [[Dominica]]n barrister, activist and father of [[Pan-Caribbeanism]], who is honoured as Dominica's first national hero.<ref name=ItzCaribbean>[http://www.itzcaribbean.com/history_dominica_cecil_rawle.php "Cecil Rawle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060507165820/http://www.itzcaribbean.com/history_dominica_cecil_rawle.php |date=7 May 2006 }}, Caribbean History, ItzCaribbean.com.</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Rawle was born in [[Roseau]], Dominica, where his [[Trinidad & Tobago|Trinidadian]] parents, William Alexander Romilly Rawle and Elsie Elizabeth Sophia Garrett, had moved;<ref name=ItzCaribbean /> his father was head of the local branch of the West India and Panama Telegraph Company, the precursor of [[Cable & Wireless plc|Cable and Wireless]].<ref name=Honychurch>[http://www.lennoxhonychurch.com/heritage.cfm?Id=197 "Rawle, Cecil, Edgar, Allan (1891-1938)", A to Z of Dominica Heritage], LennoxHonychurch.com.</ref> Rawle attended Dominica Grammar School and Codrington College in Barbados.<ref name=ItzCaribbean /> He subsequently moved to [[London]], where he went on to graduate as a barrister at the [[Inner Temple]] in 1913.<ref name=ItzCaribbean />
Rawle was born in [[Roseau]], Dominica, where his [[Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidadian]] parents, William Alexander Romilly Rawle and Elsie Elizabeth Sophia Garrett, had moved;<ref name=ItzCaribbean /> his father was head of the local branch of the West India and Panama Telegraph Company, the precursor of [[Cable & Wireless plc|Cable and Wireless]].<ref name=Honychurch>[http://www.lennoxhonychurch.com/heritage.cfm?Id=197 "Rawle, Cecil, Edgar, Allan (1891-1938)"], A to Z of Dominica Heritage, LennoxHonychurch.com. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200529/http://www.lennoxhonychurch.com/heritage.cfm?Id=197 |date=27 September 2007 }}.</ref> Rawle attended [[Dominica Grammar School]] and [[Codrington College]] in [[Barbados]].<ref name=ItzCaribbean /> He subsequently moved to [[London]], where he went on to graduate as a barrister at the [[Inner Temple]] in 1913.<ref name=ItzCaribbean />


He practised law in [[Grenada]] and Trinidad, before he returned to Dominica and went on to found the [[Dominica Representative Government Association]]. In 1925 a new constitution was granted and Rawle represented Roseau in the first elected legislature. He was an avid campaigner and activist in the political arena in Dominica. In addition to practising law, Rawle owned the ''[[Dominica Tribune Newspaper]]'', which in 1924 he incorporated with the ''Dominica Guardian''.<ref name=Honychurch />
He practised law in [[Grenada]] and Trinidad, before he returned to Dominica and went on to found the [[Dominica Representative Government Association]]. In 1924 a new constitution was granted and Rawle was elected to represent Roseau in the [[1925 Dominican general election|elections the following year]]. He was an avid campaigner and activist in the political arena in Dominica. In addition to practising law, Rawle owned the ''[[Dominica Tribune Newspaper]]'', which in 1924 he incorporated with the ''Dominica Guardian''.<ref name=Honychurch />


In 1932 he chaired the Dominica Conference,<ref name=Crisis>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BVgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=cecil+rawle+biography&source=bl&ots=SOW01E5QSv&sig=kOyd8mw4m7kXxIqwJ5N2FbizIUk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uXlcUdZQx8E8ubCBkA8&ved=0CE4Q6AEwBThk#v=onepage&q=cecil%20rawle%20biography&f=false "West Indies: Conference"], ''The Crisis'', January 1933, p. 19.</ref> which became known as The West Indies Conference, at which there were representatives from Trinidad, Barbnados, Dominica, Montserrat, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Antigua, St. Kitts and Grenada.<ref name=Crisis /> The first regional meeting to be initiated by Caribbean leaders to discuss the future of the region,<ref name=Honychurch /> it led the way for the [[West Indies Federation]]. In his final address, Rawle stated: "We suggest that there should be a Governor General of the whole of the West Indies who in the exercise of the powers and authorities entrusted to him must act upon the advice of the Federal Executive Council....the Federal Assembly will from its own membership select for the Governor his advisers. The most radical change of all perhaps, is the proposal that the Governor General and in similar manner the Officers administering the Island Governments shall not have the power to disregard the advice of their Executive Councils. In Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, and even little Malta, the officers administering the Government act upon the advice of their Executive Councils. Why should the peoples of the West Indies continue to be burdened with executives irresponsible to the Legislature?"<ref name=Crisis />
In 1932 he chaired the Dominica Conference,<ref name=Crisis>[https://books.google.com/books?id=BVgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=cecil+rawle+biography&pg=PA19 "West Indies: Conference"], ''[[The Crisis]]'', January 1933, p. 19.</ref> which became known as The West Indies Conference, at which there were representatives from Trinidad, Barbados, Dominica, Montserrat, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Antigua, St. Kitts and Grenada.<ref name=Crisis /> The first regional meeting to be initiated by Caribbean leaders to discuss the future of the region,<ref name=Honychurch /> it led the way for the [[West Indies Federation]]. In his final address, Rawle stated: <blockquote>"We suggest that there should be a Governor General of the whole of the West Indies who in the exercise of the powers and authorities entrusted to him must act upon the advice of the Federal Executive Council....the Federal Assembly will from its own membership select for the Governor his advisers. The most radical change of all perhaps, is the proposal that the Governor General and in similar manner the Officers administering the Island Governments shall not have the power to disregard the advice of their Executive Councils. In Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, and even little Malta, the officers administering the Government act upon the advice of their Executive Councils. Why should the peoples of the West Indies continue to be burdened with executives irresponsible to the Legislature?"<ref name=Crisis /></blockquote>


In 1937, Rawle was appointed [[Attorney General of the Leeward Islands]] and moved to [[Antigua]], where he died suddenly the following year, at the age of 47.<ref name=DominicaAcademy />
In 1937, Rawle was appointed [[Attorney General of the Leeward Islands]] and moved to [[Antigua]], where he died suddenly the following year, at the age of 47.<ref name=DominicaAcademy />


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.itzcaribbean.com/history_dominica_cecil_rawle.php Cecil Rawle on itzcaribbean]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060507165820/http://www.itzcaribbean.com/history_dominica_cecil_rawle.php Cecil Rawle on itzcaribbean]
* [http://www.lennoxhonychurch.com/heritage.cfm?Id=197 Cecil Rawle - Dominica Heritage]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200529/http://www.lennoxhonychurch.com/heritage.cfm?Id=197 Cecil Rawle - Dominica Heritage]
* [http://www.da-academy.org/daas_honorees_rawle.html Gabriel J. Christian, "Honorable Cecil Edgar Allan Rawle"]. Dominica Academy of Arts and Sciences.
* Gabriel J. Christian, [https://web.archive.org/web/20160412223658/http://da-academy.org/daas_honorees_rawle.html "Honorable Cecil Edgar Allan Rawle"]. Dominica Academy of Arts and Sciences.
* [https://dloc.com/AA00079437/00003/allvolumes ''The Dominica Guardian'' issues from 1893 to 1924] available freely and fully as [[Open Access]] in the [[Digital Library of the Caribbean]]


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Latest revision as of 22:42, 21 December 2024

Cecil Rawle
Born
Cecil Edgar Alan Rawle

27 March 1891
Roseau, Dominica
Died9 June 1938(1938-06-09) (aged 47)
Antigua
MonumentsStatue in Roseau, Dominica
EducationDominica Grammar School; Codrington College
Occupation(s)Barrister and activist

Cecil E. A. Rawle (27 March 1891 – 9 June 1938)[1] was a Dominican barrister, activist and father of Pan-Caribbeanism, who is honoured as Dominica's first national hero.[2]

Biography

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Rawle was born in Roseau, Dominica, where his Trinidadian parents, William Alexander Romilly Rawle and Elsie Elizabeth Sophia Garrett, had moved;[2] his father was head of the local branch of the West India and Panama Telegraph Company, the precursor of Cable and Wireless.[3] Rawle attended Dominica Grammar School and Codrington College in Barbados.[2] He subsequently moved to London, where he went on to graduate as a barrister at the Inner Temple in 1913.[2]

He practised law in Grenada and Trinidad, before he returned to Dominica and went on to found the Dominica Representative Government Association. In 1924 a new constitution was granted and Rawle was elected to represent Roseau in the elections the following year. He was an avid campaigner and activist in the political arena in Dominica. In addition to practising law, Rawle owned the Dominica Tribune Newspaper, which in 1924 he incorporated with the Dominica Guardian.[3]

In 1932 he chaired the Dominica Conference,[4] which became known as The West Indies Conference, at which there were representatives from Trinidad, Barbados, Dominica, Montserrat, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Antigua, St. Kitts and Grenada.[4] The first regional meeting to be initiated by Caribbean leaders to discuss the future of the region,[3] it led the way for the West Indies Federation. In his final address, Rawle stated:

"We suggest that there should be a Governor General of the whole of the West Indies who in the exercise of the powers and authorities entrusted to him must act upon the advice of the Federal Executive Council....the Federal Assembly will from its own membership select for the Governor his advisers. The most radical change of all perhaps, is the proposal that the Governor General and in similar manner the Officers administering the Island Governments shall not have the power to disregard the advice of their Executive Councils. In Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, and even little Malta, the officers administering the Government act upon the advice of their Executive Councils. Why should the peoples of the West Indies continue to be burdened with executives irresponsible to the Legislature?"[4]

In 1937, Rawle was appointed Attorney General of the Leeward Islands and moved to Antigua, where he died suddenly the following year, at the age of 47.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Gabriel Christian, "Honorable Cecil Edgar Allan Rawle", Dominica Academy of Arts and Sciences, May 2011. Archived 12 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ a b c d "Cecil Rawle" Archived 7 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine, Caribbean History, ItzCaribbean.com.
  3. ^ a b c "Rawle, Cecil, Edgar, Allan (1891-1938)", A to Z of Dominica Heritage, LennoxHonychurch.com. Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ a b c "West Indies: Conference", The Crisis, January 1933, p. 19.
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