Leicester Paul Beaufort
Sir Leicester Paul Beaufort (13 December 1853 – 12 August 1926), was a British barrister and colonial governor of North Borneo.[1] [2]
Beaufort was the second son of the Reverend Daniel Augustus Beaufort of Warburton, Cheshire and his wife Emily Newel, daughter of Sir John Davis, former Governor of Hong Kong.[3] His grandfather on the paternal side was Rear Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort.
Beaufort was educated at Westminster School and the University of Oxford, graduating as a Master of Arts and Bachelor of Civil Law.[2] He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1879.[3] [2] In 1883 he married Edith Mary Griffith, daughter of an Anglican clergyman.[2] [3] In 1888 he was elected to the London School Board as one of the representatives of Greenwich.[4]
In 1889 he began his career in colonial administration when he was appointed a judicial commissioner and government secretary in British North Borneo. From 1895-1900 he was Governor of North Borneo and Commander in Chief of the Colony of Labuan.[5] [3] [1] From 1901-1911 he was Chief Justice of North-Eastern Rhodesia and from 1911-1918 a judge of the High Court of Northern Rhodesia.[1] [3]
He retired in 1918 and living at Wynberg, Cape Colony.[1] [3] He was knighted in 1919.[6] [3] [1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Death Of Sir Leicester Beaufort". The Times. 14 August 1926. p. 10.
- 1 2 3 4 Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes. 1899. p. 126.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "BEAUFORT, Sir Leicester Paul". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
- ↑ "The London School Board. Result of the Polls". The Morning Post. 28 November 1888. p. 53.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26613. p. 2065. 5 April 1895.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31271. p. 4414. 4 April 1919.
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| Preceded by Charles Vandeleur Creagh |
Governor of North Borneo 1895–1900 |
Succeeded by Hugh Charles Clifford |