Edward Beetham Explained

Edward Beetham
Birth Name:Edward Betham Beetham
Birth Date:19 February 1905
Death Date:19 February 1979
Nationality:British
Occupation:Colonial official

Sir Edward Betham Beetham (19 February 1905 – 19 February 1979)[1] was a British colonial official who was Resident Commissioner in Swaziland from 1946 to 1950 and in the Bechuanaland Protectorate from 1950 to 1953.

He was educated at Charterhouse School and Lincoln College, Oxford. He was Governor of the Windward Islands 1953–55 and Governor of Trinidad and Tobago 1955–60, where he presided over the transition to elected internal self-government.[2] Beetham was the last British colonial governor of Trinidad and Tobago of British descent. The Beetham Highway in Port of Spain is named after him.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Edward Beetham . Aspiring Minds Trinidad and Tobago . n.d. . 2018-06-26 .
  2. Web site: BEETHAM, Sir Edward (Betham). Who Was Who. A & C Black, 1920–2015 . online. Oxford University Press. 2014.