British colonial official
Sir Brian Freeston | |
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43rd Governor of the Leeward Islands | |
In office 1943β1947 | |
Monarch | George VI |
Preceded by | Sir Douglas Jardine |
Succeeded by | W. R. Macnie (Acting) |
16th High Commissioner for the Western Pacific | |
In office 1945 β 21 March 1947 | |
Monarch | George VI |
Preceded by | Sir John Rankine (Acting) |
Succeeded by | John Fearns Nicoll (Acting) |
18th Governor of Fiji | |
In office 1 January 1945 β 21 March 1947 | |
Monarch | George VI |
Preceded by | Sir John Rankine (Acting) |
Succeeded by | John Fearns Nicoll (Acting) |
2nd Secretary General of the Pacific Commission | |
In office 12 November 1951 β 12 November 1954 | |
Preceded by | William D. Forsyth |
Succeeded by | Ralph Clairon Bedell |
Personal details | |
Born | Leslie Brian Freeston (1892-08-11)11 August 1892 Brentford, "Middlesex," England |
Died | 16 July 1958(1958-07-16) (aged 65) Bromley, "Kent," England |
Military service | |
Years of service | 1914-1919 |
Rank | Captain |
Unit | London Regiment |
Sir Leslie Brian Freeston KCMG OBE (11 August 1892 β 16 July 1958) was a British colonial official.
Careerβ»
Freeston was educated at Willaston School and New College, Oxford. After service in the London Regiment of the British Army in the First World War he joined the then Colonial Office in 1919. He was Governor of the Leeward Islands 1944β48; Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner, Western Pacific 1948β52; Secretary-General of the South Pacific Commission 1951β54. Freeston was knighted on 1 January 1945.
Notesβ»
- ^ "No. 28937". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 October 1914. p. 8228.
- ^ "No. 36866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1945. p. 6.
Sourcesβ»
- FREESTON, Sir (Leslie) Brian, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920β2015 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
- Sir Brian Freeston β Former Governor Of Fiji (obituary), The Times, London, 17 July 1958, page 12
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Categories:
- 1892 births
- 1958 deaths
- Military personnel from the London Borough of Hounslow
- London Regiment officers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Governors of the Leeward Islands
- Governors of Fiji
- Pacific Community people
- High Commissioners for the Western Pacific
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- British Leeward Islands people of World War II
- Alumni of New College, Oxford
- Territorial Force officers
- Fiji stubs
- People from Brentford