Brian Freeston

Sir Brian Freeston
KCMG OBE
Governor of the Leeward Islands
In office
1943–1947
MonarchGeorge VI
Preceded bySir Douglas Jardine
Succeeded byW. R. Macnie (Acting)
16th High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
In office
1945 – 21 March 1947
MonarchGeorge VI
Preceded bySir John Rankine (Acting)
Succeeded byJohn Fearns Nicoll (Acting)
18th Governor of Fiji
In office
1 January 1945 – 21 March 1947
MonarchGeorge VI
Preceded bySir John Rankine (Acting)
Succeeded byJohn Fearns Nicoll (Acting)
2nd Secretary General of the Pacific Commission
In office
12 November 1951 – 12 November 1954
Preceded byWilliam D. Forsyth
Succeeded byRalph Clairon Bedell
Personal details
Born
Leslie Brian Freeston

(1892-08-11)11 August 1892
Brentford, Middlesex, England
Died16 July 1958(1958-07-16) (aged 65)
Bromley, Kent, England
Military service
Years of service1914-1919
RankCaptain
UnitLondon Regiment

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

  1. ^ "No. 28937". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 October 1914. p. 8228.
  2. ^ "No. 36866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1945. p. 6.

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