Leslie Brian Freeston

Male, Deceased Person

1892 – 1958

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Who was Leslie Brian Freeston?

Sir Brian Freeston, KCMG, OBE was a British colonial official.

Freeston was educated at Willaston School and New College, Oxford. After military service in the First World War 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.

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Born
Aug 11, 1892
Died
Jul 16, 1958

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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