# Arthur Canham

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**Arthur Canham** (1867–1933) was [South Africa](/source/South_Africa)'s first Trade Commissioner. He was born in [Crowland](/source/Crowland), [Lincolnshire](/source/Lincolnshire), England and emigrated to [Natal](/source/Colony_of_Natal) in 1901 where he joined the Civil Service as a shorthand writer at the Supreme Court in [Pietermaritzburg](/source/Pietermaritzburg). He then served successively in the Natal Government Railways and the Prime Minister's office.[1]

After the foundation of the [Union of South Africa](/source/Union_of_South_Africa) in 1910, Canham transferred to the new Department of Commerce and Industry. Following a period as Acting Trade Commissioner,[2] he was appointed the Union's first Trade Commissioner in 1918. From his base in the South African High Commission in [London](/source/London), he achieved considerable success in establishing overseas outlets for South African exports.[1][3] [4] [5]

Arthur Canham died in [Kingston-upon-Thames](/source/Kingston-upon-Thames), England in 1933 aged 65.

## References

1. Rosenthal, E. 'Southern African Dictionary of National Biography' (London: Frederick Warne & Co, 1966) pp 58-9.

1. "Meetings of the Society". *Journal of the Royal African Society*. **14** (55): 308–318. 1915. [JSTOR 716108](https://www.jstor.org/stable/716108)

1. ["Report of the Proceedings of the Industries Advisory Board (1919)"](https://archive.org/stream/reportofproceedi00sout/reportofproceedi00sout_djvu.txt). Retrieved 2010-06-24.

1. ["Bulletin of the Imperial Institute Vol. XIX (1921)"](https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofimperi19commuoft/bulletinofimperi19commuoft_djvu.txt). Retrieved 2010-06-24.

1. ["Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Union of South Africa, Vol. 2 (1921)"](https://archive.org/stream/journalofdepartm02sout/journalofdepartm02sout_djvu.txt). Retrieved 2010-06-24.

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