William Hugh Beeton Explained

William Hugh Beeton, CMG (14 October 1903 – 26 March 1976) was the Chief Commissioner of Ashanti, which became Ghana in 1957.^[1] Beeton also served as Vice President of The Royal African Society.^[2]

Education

William Hugh Beeton was educated at Strathallan School in Perthshire and the London School of Economics, University of London.

Career

• Assistant District Commissioner, Gold Coast, 1926.
• District Commissioner, Gold Coast, 1932.
• Administrative Officer, Class II, 1943.
• Senior Assistant Colonial Secretary, 1944.
• Administrative Officer, Class I, 1946. (Assistant Chief Commissioner, Ashanti)
• Chief Commissioner, Ashanti, 1950-54. (Title changed to Chief Regional Officer 1952)

Awards

Appointed a Companion of St Michael and St George, 1954.

External links

• National Archives - Oxford University: Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House - Beeton, William Hugh (1903-1976) Colonial Administrator

Notes and References

1. Book: A Biographical Dictionary of the British Colonial Service, 1939-1966 . H Zell . Kirk-Green, A.H.M . 1991 . 0 90545 096 5.
2. Web site: William Hugh Beeton, CMG . . 1976 . 15 January 2013.