Sir Edward Betham Beetham (19 February 1905 – 19 February 1979) was a British colonial official who was Resident Commissioner in Swaziland from 1946 to 1950 and in the

Bechuanaland Protectorate The Bechuanaland Protectorate () was a protectorate established on 31 March 1885, by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (later the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) in Southern Africa. It became the Republi ...

from 1950 to 1953. He was educated at Charterhouse School and Lincoln College, Oxford. He was Governor of the

Windward Islands french: Îles du Vent , image_name = , image_caption = ''Political'' Windward Islands. Clockwise: Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada. , image_alt = , locator_map = , location = Caribbean Sea No ...

1953–55 and Governor of

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...

1955–60, where he presided over the transition to elected internal self-government. Beetham was the last British colonial governor of

of British descent. The Beetham Highway in Port of Spain is named after him.

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* 1905 births 1989 deaths 1950s in Bechuanaland Protectorate Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford Colonial Administrative Service officers Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order Commissioners of the Bechuanaland Protectorate Governors of the Windward Islands Governors of Trinidad and Tobago Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Officers of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Charterhouse School Resident Commissioners in Swaziland {{UK-gov-bio-stub