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15 May 1965(1965-05-15) (aged 56) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Parents
Venerable Arthur Evan David (father)
Kathleen Frances Kington (mother)
Relatives
Gwynaeth David David[1] Arthur Meuric Nairne David[1] Bronwyn David[1]
Occupation
Colonial administrator
Sir Edgeworth Beresford DavidKBECMG (12 June 1908 – 15 May 1965) was a colonial administrator. He was appointed as a cadet in the Colonial Office in 1930[2] and later became the Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1955 to 1957 and the last Chief Secretary of Singapore from 1958 to 1959. He was also the Administrator of Hong Kong for a short period of time after Sir Alexander Grantham left Hong Kong and Sir Robert Black was named Governor in 1957.
Personal life
E.B. David was the son of Venerable Arthur Evan David and Kathleen Frances Kington.[3]
