Sir Edward Betham Beetham (19 February 1905 – 19 February 1979) was a British colonial official who was Resident Commissioner in Swaziland from 1946 to 1950 and in the

Bechuanaland Protectorate The Bechuanaland Protectorate () was a protectorate established on 31 March 1885, by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (later the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) in Southern Africa. It became the Republ ...

from 1950 to 1953. He was educated at

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and

Lincoln College, Oxford Lincoln College (formally, The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, situated on Turl Street in central Oxford. Lincoln was founded in 1427 by Richard Fleming, t ...

. He was Governor of the

Windward Islands french: Îles du Vent , image_name = , image_caption = ''Political'' Windward Islands. Clockwise: Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada. , image_alt = , locator_map = , location = Caribbean Sea Nor ...

1953–55 and Governor of

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, small ...

1955–60, where he presided over the transition to elected internal self-government. Beetham was the last British

colonial governor Governors and administrators of colonies In modern parlance, a colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule. Though dominated by the foreign colonizers, colonies remain separate from the administration of the original country of th ...

of British descent. The Beetham Highway in

Port of Spain Port of Spain ( Spanish: ''Puerto España''), officially the City of Port of Spain (also stylized Port-of-Spain), is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago and the third largest municipality, after Chaguanas and San Fernando. The city has a munic ...

is named after him.

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* 1905 births 1989 deaths 1950s in Bechuanaland Protectorate Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford Colonial Administrative Service officers Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order Commissioners of the Bechuanaland Protectorate Governors of the Windward Islands Governors of Trinidad and Tobago Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Officers of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Charterhouse School Resident Commissioners in Swaziland {{UK-gov-bio-stub