Brian Freeston
{{Short description|British colonial official}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Sir Brian Freeston
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCMG|OBE}}
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| office = Governor of the Leeward Islands
| monarch = George VI
| term_start = 1943
| term_end = 1947
| predecessor = Sir Douglas Jardine
| successor = W. R. Macnie (Acting)
| order1 = 16th
| office1 = High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
| monarch1 = George VI
| term_start1 = 1945
| term_end1 = 21 March 1947
| predecessor1 = Sir John Rankine (Acting)
| successor1 = John Fearns Nicoll (Acting)
| order2 = 18th
| office2 = Governor of Fiji
| monarch2 = George VI
| term_start2 = 1 January 1945
| term_end2 = 21 March 1947
| predecessor2 = Sir John Rankine (Acting)
| successor2 = John Fearns Nicoll (Acting)
| order3 = 2nd
| office3 = Secretary General of the Pacific Commission
| monarch3 =
| term_start3 = 12 November 1951
| term_end3 = 12 November 1954
| predecessor3 = William D. Forsyth
| successor3 = Ralph Clairon Bedell
| birth_date = {{birth date|1892|08|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Brentford, Middlesex, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1958|07|16|1892|08|11}}
| death_place = Bromley, Kent, England
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| birthname = Leslie Brian Freeston
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| nationality = British
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| serviceyears = 1914–1919
| rank = Captain
| unit = London Regiment
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Sir Leslie Brian Freeston {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCMG|OBE}} (11 August 1892 – 16 July 1958) was a British colonial official.
Career
Freeston was educated at Willaston School and New College, Oxford. After service in the London Regiment of the British Army in the First World War{{London Gazette |issue=28937 |supp=y |page=8228 |date=13 October 1914}} 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.{{London Gazette |issue=36866 |supp=y |page=6 |date=1 January 1945}}
Notes
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Sources
- [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U237444 FREESTON, Sir (Leslie) Brian], Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2015 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
- [http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS203643633&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Sir Brian Freeston – Former Governor Of Fiji] (obituary), The Times, London, 17 July 1958, page 12
External links
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Category:Military personnel from the London Borough of Hounslow
Category:London Regiment officers
Category:British Army personnel of World War I
Category:Governors of the Leeward Islands
Category:Pacific Community people
Category:High commissioners for the Western Pacific
Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Category:British Leeward Islands people of World War II
Category:Alumni of New College, Oxford
Category:Territorial Force officers
Category:People from Brentford
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