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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== | ||
