Sir Leslie Brian Freeston (11 August 1892 – 16 July 1958) was a British colonial official.

Career

Freeston was educated at

Willaston School Willaston School was an educational establishment in Nantwich set up to educate the sons of impoverished Unitarian ministers. The building is currently used as accommodation for students at Reaseheath College. Philip Barker came from a family of ...

and

New College, Oxford New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham in conjunction with Winchester College as its feeder school, New College is one of the oldest colleges at th ...

. After service in the London Regiment of the British Army in the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

he joined the then

Colonial Office The Colonial Office was a government department of the Kingdom of Great Britain and later of the United Kingdom, first created to deal with the colonial affairs of British North America but required also to oversee the increasing number of col ...

in 1919. He was Governor of the

Leeward Islands french: Îles-Sous-le-Vent , image_name = , image_caption = ''Political'' Leeward Islands. Clockwise: Antigua and Barbuda, Guadeloupe, Saint kitts and Nevis. , image_alt = , locator_map = , location = Caribbean SeaNorth Atlantic Ocean , coor ...

1944–48;

Governor of Fiji Fiji was a British Crown colony from 1874 to 1970, and an independent dominion in the Commonwealth from 1970 to 1987. During this period, the head of state was the British monarch, but in practice his or her functions were normally exercised loca ...

and High Commissioner, Western Pacific 1948–52; Secretary-General of the

South Pacific Commission The Pacific Community (PC), formerly the South Pacific Commission (SPC), is an international development organisation governed by 27 members, including 22 Pacific island countries and territories. The organisation's headquarters are in Nouméa, ...

1951–54. Freeston was knighted on 1 January 1945.

Notes

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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* 1892 births 1958 deaths Military personnel from Middlesex London Regiment officers British Army personnel of World War I Governors of the Leeward Islands Governors of Fiji Pacific Community people High Commissioners for the Western Pacific Officers of the Order of the British Empire Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George British Leeward Islands people of World War II Alumni of New College, Oxford {{fiji-stub