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Sir Leslie Brian Freeston KCMG OBE (11 August 1892 – 16 July 1958) was a British colonial official.
Sir Brian Freeston | |
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43rd Governor of the Leeward Islands | |
In office 1943–1947 | |
Monarch | George VI |
Preceded by | Sir Douglas Jardine |
Succeeded by | W. R. Macnie (Acting) |
16th High Commissioner for the Western Pacific | |
In office 1945 – 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 – 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 – 12 November 1954 | |
Preceded by | William D. Forsyth |
Succeeded by | Ralph Clairon Bedell |
Personal details | |
Born | Leslie Brian Freeston 11 August 1892 Brentford, Middlesex, England |
Died | 16 July 1958 65) Bromley, Kent, England | (aged
Military service | |
Years of service | 1914-1919 |
Rank | Captain |
Unit | London Regiment |
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]