Birth Name: William Alexander Clarke
Date of Birth: February 24, 1884
Place of Birth: Blenheim, Jamaica
Date of Death: August 6, 1977
Place of Death: Irish Town, Jamaica
Ethnicity:
*father – Irish
*mother – Taíno, African-Jamaican
Alexander Bustamante was a Jamaican politician and labour leader. He was the 1st Chief Minister of Jamaica, from 5 May 1953, to 2 February, 1955, and the 1st Prime Minister of Jamaica, from 6 August, 1962 to 23 February, 1967.
Alexander was the son of Mary (Wilson) and Robert Constantine Clarke. His father was said to have been Irish. His mother was said to have been a mixed race Jamaican. An obituary for Alexander in the New York Times wrote that he was “the son of a poor Irish planter and a Jamaican mother of mostly Arawak Indian descent,” and that “he was proud of what African blood had been added to the family on his mother’s side.”
Alexander was married to workers’ and women’s rights activist Gladys Bustamante, until his death.
Alexander took on the surname Bustamante, which is Spanish, after a Spanish sea captain who adopted him. He spent some time growing up in Spain, before moving back to Jamaica.
Alexander’s paternal grandfather was named Robert Clarke (the son of The Rev. Carr, and of a woman surnamed Clarke).
Alexander’s paternal grandmother was named Ann Shearer Taylor.
Alexander’s maternal grandfather was named Daniel Wilson.
Source: Genealogy of Alexander Bustamante – https://www.geni.com
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