Francis James Newton
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Sir Francis James Newton KCMG CVO (1857 – 8 May 1948) was a senior colonial administrator in different parts of the British Empire, principally in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
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Sir Francis James Newton | |
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Resident Commissioner of Bechuanaland | |
In office 19 November 1895 – December 1897 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Preceded by | Sidney Shippard |
Succeeded by | Hamilton Goold-Adams |
1st High Commissioner of Southern Rhodesia to the United Kingdom | |
In office 1 September 1924 – October 1930 | |
Succeeded by | John Wallace Downie |
Member of the Southern Rhodesian Legislative Council (Nominated member) | |
In office 17 March 1902 – 30 April 1920 | |
Succeeded by | Percival Donald Leslie Fynn |
In office 1 October 1923 – 30 May 1924 | |
Preceded by | Sir Ernest Montagu |
Member of the Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly for Mazoe | |
In office 30 May 1924 – 26 August 1924 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Succeeded by | Percy Sydney Inskipp |
Personal details | |
Born | 1857 Saint Croix, Danish West Indies |
Died | 8 May 1948(1948-05-08) (aged 90–91) Bindura, Southern Rhodesia |
Spouse |
Henrietta Joanna Strachey Cloete
(m. 1889) |
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Education | Rugby School |
Alma mater | University College, Oxford |
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