Richard Edmund Kelfa-Caulker

Richard Edmund Kelfa-Caulker
Sierra Leonean High Commissioner to the United Kingdom of  Sierra Leone  Gambia to  United Kingdom[1]
In office 1959–1961
Preceded by	William Henry Fitzjohn
Succeeded by	William Henry Fitzjohn
[es] of  Sierra Leone to  United States
In office July 18, 1961 – 1964
Preceded by	William Henry Fitzjohn
Succeeded by	Gershon Beresford Onesimus Collier
Sierra Leonean High Commissioner to the United Kingdom of  Sierra Leone  Gambia to  United Kingdom[2]
In office 1964–1965
Preceded by	William Henry Fitzjohn
Succeeded by
of  Sierra Leone to  Liberia
In office 1969–1973
Personal details
Born	March 1909 (1909-03) Mambo in Kagboro Chiefdom, Moyamba district
Died	April 2, 1975 (1975-04-03) (aged 66)
Spouse(s)	m. 1940, Olivette Hannah Stuart.
Children	son: Richard Edmund, Jr. daughters: Imodale Olivette, Lucilda Yamitra, Joyce Elaine, Velma Geneve and Sheil Yankese
Alma mater	Albert Academy in Freetown. 1935 B.A. Otlerbein College. Westerville, U.S.A. 1937 M.A. Oberlin (Ohio) College. 1947 Diploma of the Educational Teacher's College of the Columbia University.

Richard Edmund Kelfa-Caulker (March 1909 – April 2, 1975) was a Sierra Leonean diplomat.

Career[]

• In 1929 he was Printing Instructor at the Albert Academy in Freetown.
• From 1931 to 1937 studied at a College in the U.S.A.
• In 1938 he was a Senior Tutor at the Albert Academy in Freetown.
• From 1939 to 1959 he was Principal of the Albert Academy.
• From 1959 to 1961 he was Commissioner for Sierra Leone and Gambia in London.
• From July 18, 1961 to 1964 he was Ambassador in Washington, D.C..^[3]
• From 1964 to 1966 he was High Commissioner (Commonwealth) in London (United Kingdom).
• From 1969 to 1973 he was Ambassador to Monrovia (Liberia).^[4]

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