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Edward Beetham

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Edward Beetham
Dave Laughton, Ted Hill, Eleanor Hill, Sir Edward Beetham, Governor of Trinidad & Tobago, 1957
Born
Edward Betham Beetham

19 February 1905
Died19 February 1979
NationalityBritish
OccupationColonial official

Sir Edward Betham Beetham KCMG CVO OBE (19 February 1905 – 19 February 1979)[1] was a British colonial official who was Resident Commissioner in Swaziland from 1946 to 1950 and in the Bechuanaland Protectorate from 1950 to 1953.

He was educated at Charterhouse School and Lincoln College, Oxford. He was Governor of the Windward Islands 1953–55 and Governor of Trinidad and Tobago 1955–60, where he presided over the transition to elected internal self-government.[2] Beetham was the last British colonial governor of Trinidad and Tobago of British descent. The Beetham Highway in Port of Spain is named after him.

References

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  1. ^ "Edward Beetham". Aspiring Minds Trinidad and Tobago. n.d. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  2. ^ "BEETHAM, Sir Edward (Betham)". Who Was Who (online ed.). A & C Black, 1920–2015. 2014 – via Oxford University Press.
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Government offices
Preceded by
Eric Kellett Featherstone
Resident Commissioner in Swaziland
1946-1950
Succeeded by
David Loftus Morgan
Preceded by Governor of the Windward Islands
1953–1955
Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of Trinidad and Tobago
1955–1960
Succeeded by