Sir Robert Peter Fawcus KBE CMG (30 September 1915 – 22 April 2003) was a British colonial administrator in

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 ...

. Educated at

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, Fawcus was Government Secretary for Bechuanaland from 1954 to 1959,

Resident Commissioner Resident commissioner was or is an official title of several different types of commissioners, who were or are representatives of any level of government. Historically, they were appointed by the British Crown in overseas protectorates (such ...

of Bechuanaland from 1959 to 1963 and Queen's Commissioner from 1963 to 1965. He prepared the way for

Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalaha ...

's independence in 1960. 1966.

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FAWCUS, Sir (Robert) Peter
''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 1915 births 2003 deaths Commissioners of the Bechuanaland Protectorate People educated at Charterhouse School Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George 1960s in Bechuanaland Protectorate {{Botswana-bio-stub