Nationality United Kingdom Died June 17, 1925, Cambridge Role Essayist | Name Arthur Benson | |
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Full Name Arthur Edward Trevor Benson Born 21 December 1907 ( 1907-12-21 ) Johannesburg Known for Governor of Northern Rhodesia Siblings E. F. Benson, Robert Hugh Benson Parents Edward Benson, Mary Benson Books The Upton Letters, The schoolmaster, The Child of the Dawn, Escape - and other essays, The Silent Isle Similar People E F Benson, Robert Hugh Benson, Edward Benson, Mary Benson, Margaret Benson | ||
Occupation Colonial Administrator | ||
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Sir Arthur Edward Trevor Benson GCMG (21 December 1907 – 1987) was a British colonial administrator and governor.
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Early life
Benson was born in Johannesburg on 21 December 1907 the son of an Anglican clergyman. Educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School and Exeter College, Oxford he joined the colonial service in 1931.
Colonial service
Benson was sent to Northern Rhodesia as a cadet later moving on to the Secretariat in Lusaka. During the Second World War he returned to London and was attached to the Cabinet Office. After the war he returned to Northern Rhodesia and the Luwingu outstation. In 1948 he became Chief Secretary of the Central African Council and in 1951 he was promoted to Chief Secretary of Nigeria. In 1954 he was appointed Governor of Northern Rhodesia until he retired in 1959.
Retirement
He became a Justice of the Peace in Devon from 1962 to 1966 and he was also elected an Honorary Fellow of Exeter College.
Family life
Benson had married Daphne and they had two daughters, he died in 1987.