Sir Leslie Brian Freeston KCMG OBE (11 August 1892 – 16 July 1958) was a British colonial official.
Career
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[1] he joined the then Colonial Office in 1919. He was Governor of the Leeward Islands 1944–48; Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner, Western Pacific 1948–52; Secretary-General of the South Pacific Commission 1951–54. Freeston was knighted on 1 January 1945.[2]
Notes
- ^ "No. 28937". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 October 1914. p. 8228.
- ^ "No. 36866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1945. p. 6.
Sources
- FREESTON, Sir (Leslie) Brian, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2015 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
- Sir Brian Freeston – Former Governor Of Fiji (obituary), The Times, London, 17 July 1958, page 12
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