Arthur Benson | |
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Born | Arthur Edward Trevor Benson 21 December 1907 Johannesburg |
Died | 1987 (aged 79) Honiton, Devon, England |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Colonial Administrator |
Known for | Governor of Northern Rhodesia |
Sir Arthur Edward Trevor Benson GCMG (21 December 1907 – 1987) was a British colonial administrator and governor. [1]
Benson was born in Johannesburg on 21 December 1907 the son of an Anglican clergyman. [1] Educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School and Exeter College, Oxford he joined the colonial service in 1931. [1]
Benson was sent to Northern Rhodesia as a cadet later moving on to the Secretariat in Lusaka. [1] During the Second World War he returned to London and was attached to the Cabinet Office. [1] After the war he returned to Northern Rhodesia and the Luwingu outstation. [1] In 1948 he became Chief Secretary of the Central African Council and in 1951 he was promoted to Chief Secretary of Nigeria. [1] In 1954 he was appointed Governor of Northern Rhodesia until he retired in 1959. [1]
He became a Justice of the Peace in Devon from 1962 to 1966 and he was also elected an Honorary Fellow of Exeter College. [1]
Benson had married Daphne Mary Joyce Fynn and they had two daughters, he died in Devon [2] on 15 October 1987. [1]
Arthur Benson | |
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Born | Arthur Edward Trevor Benson 21 December 1907 Johannesburg |
Died | 1987 (aged 79) Honiton, Devon, England |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Colonial Administrator |
Known for | Governor of Northern Rhodesia |
Sir Arthur Edward Trevor Benson GCMG (21 December 1907 – 1987) was a British colonial administrator and governor. [1]
Benson was born in Johannesburg on 21 December 1907 the son of an Anglican clergyman. [1] Educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School and Exeter College, Oxford he joined the colonial service in 1931. [1]
Benson was sent to Northern Rhodesia as a cadet later moving on to the Secretariat in Lusaka. [1] During the Second World War he returned to London and was attached to the Cabinet Office. [1] After the war he returned to Northern Rhodesia and the Luwingu outstation. [1] In 1948 he became Chief Secretary of the Central African Council and in 1951 he was promoted to Chief Secretary of Nigeria. [1] In 1954 he was appointed Governor of Northern Rhodesia until he retired in 1959. [1]
He became a Justice of the Peace in Devon from 1962 to 1966 and he was also elected an Honorary Fellow of Exeter College. [1]
Benson had married Daphne Mary Joyce Fynn and they had two daughters, he died in Devon [2] on 15 October 1987. [1]