Peter Fawcus

{{Short description|British colonial administrator}}

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| honorific-prefix = Sir

| name = Robert Peter Fawcus

| honorific-suffix = KBE CMG

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| office = Queen's Commissioner of Bechuanaland

| term_start = 1 August 1964

| term_end = 1965

| predecessor = none

| successor = Hugh Norman-Walker

| office2 = Resident Commissioner of Bechuanaland

| term_start2 = 1960

| term_end2 = 1 August 1964

| predecessor2 = John Redcliffe-Maud

| successor2 = himself, as Queen's Commissioner

| birth_date = 30 September 1915

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| death_date = 22 April 2003 (age 87)

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| nationality = British

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

Educated at Cambridge University, Fawcus was Government Secretary for Bechuanaland from 1954 to 1959, Resident Commissioner of Bechuanaland from 1959 to 1963 and Queen's Commissioner from 1963 to 1965. He prepared the way for Botswana's independence in 1966.{{cite book|first=Fred|last=Morton|first2=Jeff|last2=Ramsay|first3=Part Themba|last3=Mgadla|title=Historical Dictionary of Botswana|series=African Historical Dictionaries|volume=108|location=Metuchen, New Jersey|publisher=Scarecrow Press|edition=4th|year=2008|isbn=978-0-8108-5467-3|contribution=Fawcus, Robert Peter|pages=114}}