Leslie Brian Freeston
British Colonial Governor
About Leslie Brian Freeston
Lived 1892 – 1958 (aged 65). Leslie Brian Freeston was a British military personnel and colonial administrator.
Sir Leslie Brian Freeston (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 he joined the then Colonial Office in 1919. He was Governor of the Leeward Islands 1944–48; Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner for the Western Pacific 1948–52; Secretary-General of the South Pacific Commission 1951–54. Freeston was knighted on 1 January 1945.
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Who was Leslie Brian Freeston?
British Colonial Governor (1892-1958)
When was Leslie Brian Freeston born?
Leslie Brian Freeston was born on 11 August 1892.
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Leslie Brian Freeston died on 16 July 1958.
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Leslie Brian Freeston was a military personnel and colonial administrator.
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Leslie Brian Freeston was British.
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