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==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Benson was born in Johannesburg on 21 December 1907 the son of an Anglican clergyman.<ref name="obit" /> Educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School and Exeter College, Oxford he joined the colonial service in 1931.<ref name="obit" /> | Benson was born in Johannesburg on 21 December 1907 the son of an Anglican clergyman.<ref name="obit" /> Educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School and Exeter College, Oxford he joined the colonial service in 1931.<ref name="obit" /> | ||
==Colonial service== | ==Colonial service== | ||
Benson was sent to Northern Rhodesia as a cadet later moving on to the Secretariat in Lusaka.<ref name="obit" /> During the Second World War he returned to London and was attached to the Cabinet Office.<ref name="obit" /> After the war he returned to Northern Rhodesia and the Luwingu outstation.<ref name="obit" /> In 1948 he became Chief Secretary of the Central African Council and in 1951 he was promoted to Chief Secretary of Nigeria.<ref name="obit" /> In 1954 he was appointed [[Governor of Northern Rhodesia]] until he retired in 1959.<ref name="obit" /> | Benson was sent to [[Northern Rhodesia]] (now [[Zambia]]) as a cadet later moving on to the Secretariat in Lusaka.<ref name="obit" /> During the Second World War he returned to London and was attached to the Cabinet Office.<ref name="obit" /> After the war he returned to Northern Rhodesia and the Luwingu outstation.<ref name="obit" /> In 1948 he became Chief Secretary of the Central African Council and in 1951 he was promoted to Chief Secretary of Nigeria.<ref name="obit" /> In 1954 he was appointed [[Governor of Northern Rhodesia]] until he retired in 1959.<ref name="obit" /> | ||
==Retirement== | ==Retirement== |
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Sir Arthur Benson | |
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Born | Arthur Edward Trevor Benson 21 December 1907 Johannesburg |
Died | 1987 aged 79 Honiton, Devon, England |
Nationality | United Kingdom |
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]
Early life
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]
Colonial service
Benson was sent to Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) 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]
Retirement
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]
Family life
Benson had married Daphne and they had two daughters, he died in 1987.[1]
References
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Government offices | ||
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Preceded by Sir Gilbert Rennie |
Governor of Northern Rhodesia 1954–1959 |
Succeeded by Sir Evelyn Dennison Hone |