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Sir Leslie Brian Freeston 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 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.

Notes

1. "No. 28937". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 October 1914. p. 8228.
2. "No. 36866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1945. p. 6.

Sources

• FREESTON, Sir (Leslie) Brian, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2015 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
• Sir Brian Freeston – Former Governor Of Fiji (obituary), The Times, London, 17 July 1958, page 12

External links

• Portraits of Sir (Leslie) Brian Freeston (1892-1958), Colonial governor at the National Portrait Gallery, London

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