Peter Fawcus Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Sir
Robert Peter Fawcus
Honorific-Suffix:KBE CMG
Office:Queen's Commissioner of Bechuanaland
Term Start:1 August 1964
Term End:1965
Predecessor:none
Successor:Hugh Norman-Walker
Office2:Resident Commissioner of Bechuanaland
Term Start2:1960
Term End2:1 August 1964
Predecessor2:John Redcliffe-Maud
Successor2:himself, as Queen's Commissioner
Birth Date:30 September 1915
Death Date:22 April 2003 (age 87)
Nationality:British

Sir Robert Peter Fawcus KBE CMG (30 September 1915 – 22 April 2003) was a British colonial administrator in Bechuanaland Protectorate.

Educated at Cambridge University, Fawcus was Government Secretary for Bechuanaland from 1954 to 1959, Resident Commissioner of Bechuanaland from 1959 to 1963 and Queen's Commissioner from 1963 to 1965. He prepared the way for Botswana's independence in 1966.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Morton, Fred. Jeff. Ramsay. Part Themba. Mgadla. Historical Dictionary of Botswana. African Historical Dictionaries. 108. Metuchen, New Jersey. Scarecrow Press. 4th. 2008. 978-0-8108-5467-3. Fawcus, Robert Peter. 114.