Brian Freeston

Sir Leslie Brian Freeston KCMG OBE (11 August 1892 – 16 July 1958) was a British colonial official.

Sir Leslie Brian Freeston KCMG OBE
43rd Governor of the Leeward Islands
In office 1943–1947
Monarch	George VI
Preceded by	Sir Douglas Jardine
Succeeded by	W. R. Macnie (Acting)
16th High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
In office 1945 – 21 March 1947
Monarch	George VI
Preceded by	Sir John Rankine (Acting)
Succeeded by	John Fearns Nicoll (Acting)
18th Governor of Fiji
In office 1 January 1945 – 21 March 1947
Monarch	George VI
Preceded by	Sir John Rankine (Acting)
Succeeded by	John Fearns Nicoll (Acting)
2nd Secretary General of the Pacific Commission
In office 12 November 1951 – 12 November 1954
Preceded by	William D. Forsyth
Succeeded by	Ralph Clairon Bedell
Personal details
Born	11 August 1892 Brentford, Middlesex, England
Died	16 July 1958 (aged 65) Bromley, Kent, England
Military service
Years of service	1914-1919
Rank	Captain
Unit	London Regiment

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[1] 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.[2]

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