Sir Leicester Paul Beaufort (13 December 1853 – 12 August 1926), was a
British
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barrister and colonial
governor
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of
North Borneo.
Early life
Beaufort was the second son of the Reverend Daniel Augustus Beaufort of
Warburton,
Cheshire and his wife Emily Newel, daughter of
Sir John Davis, former
Governor of Hong Kong
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.
His grandfather on the paternal side was Rear Admiral Sir
Francis Beaufort.
Education
Beaufort was educated at
Westminster School
(God Gives the Increase)
, established = Earliest records date from the 14th century, refounded in 1560
, type = Public school Independent day and boarding school
, religion = Church of England
, head_label = Hea ...
and the
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
, graduating as a
Master of Arts
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and
Bachelor of Civil Law
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.
[ He was called to the bar at the ]Inner Temple
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in 1879.[ In 1888 he was elected to the London School Board as one of the representatives of ]Greenwich
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.
Career
In 1889 he began his career in colonial administration when he was appointed a judicial commissioner and government secretary in British North Borneo
(I persevere and I achieve)
, national_anthem =
, capital = Kudat (1881–1884);Sandakan (1884–1945);Jesselton (1946)
, common_languages = English, Kadazan-Dusun, Bajau, Murut, Sabah Malay, Chinese etc.
, go ...
. From 1895–1899 he was Governor of North Borneo
The Governor of North Borneo was the appointed head of the government of North Borneo.
Originally the Governor was appointed by the North Borneo Chartered Company, which was responsible for the administration of the protectorate. Upon North Bo ...
and Commander in Chief of the Colony of Labuan
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. From 1901–1911 he was Chief Justice of North-Eastern Rhodesia
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and from 1911–1918 a judge of the High Court of Northern Rhodesia.
He retired in 1918 and lived at Wynberg, Cape Colony
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. He was knighted in 1919.
Family life
In 1883 he married Edith Mary Griffith, daughter of an Anglican clergyman.[
]
References
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1853 births
1926 deaths
Colonial Administrative Service officers
Members of the London School Board
People educated at Westminster School, London
Members of the Inner Temple
Northern Rhodesia judges
Governors of North Borneo