Sir Edgeworth Beresford David | |
Order: | 2nd Chief Secretary of Singapore |
Term Start: | 1958 |
Term End: | 2 June 1959 |
Predecessor: | Sir William Goode |
Successor: | Position abolished |
Order1: | Acting Governor of Hong Kong |
Monarch1: | Elizabeth II |
1Blankname1: | Colonial Secretary |
1Namedata1: | Himself |
Term Start1: | 31 December 1957 |
Term End1: | 23 January 1958 |
Predecessor1: | Sir Alexander Grantham |
Successor1: | Sir Robert Black |
Order2: | Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong |
Term Start2: | 4 May 1955 |
Term End2: | 24 January 1958 |
Monarch2: | Elizabeth II |
Governor2: | Sir Alexander Grantham |
Predecessor2: | Sir Robert Black |
Successor2: | Claude Bramall Burgess |
Birth Date: | 12 June 1908 |
Birth Place: | London, United Kingdom |
Death Place: | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Father: | Venerable Arthur Evan David |
Mother: | Kathleen Frances Kington |
Relatives: | Gwynaeth David David Arthur Meuric Nairne David Bronwyn David[1] |
Occupation: | Colonial administrator |
Sir Edgeworth Beresford David KBE CMG (12 June 1908 – 15 May 1965) was a colonial administrator. He was appointed as a cadet in the Colonial Office in 1930 and later became the Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1955 to 1957 and the last Chief Secretary of Singapore from 1958 to 1959. He was also the Administrator of Hong Kong for a short period of time after Sir Alexander Grantham left Hong Kong and Sir Robert Black was named Governor in 1957.
E.B. David was the son of Venerable Arthur Evan David and Kathleen Frances Kington.[2]
David was appointed to following honours