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

Bechuanaland Protectorate The Bechuanaland Protectorate () was a British protectorate, protectorate established on 31 March 1885 in Southern Africa by the United Kingdom. It became the Botswana, Republic of Botswana on 30 September 1966. History Scottish missionary ...

from 1950 to 1953. He was educated at

Charterhouse School Charterhouse is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Godalming, Surrey, England. Founded by Thomas Sutton in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian monastery in Charter ...

and

Lincoln College, Oxford Lincoln College (formally, The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln) is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford, in the United Kingdom. Lincoln was founded in 1427 by Richard Flemin ...

. He was Governor of the

Windward Islands The Windward Islands are the southern, generally larger islands of the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean islands or the West Indies. Located approximately between latitudes 10° and 16° N and longitudes 60° and 62° W, they extend from D ...

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, comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with several List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, smaller i ...

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

of British descent. The Beetham Highway in

Port of Spain Port of Spain ( ; Trinidadian and Tobagonian English, Trinidadian English: ''Port ah Spain'' ) is the capital and chief port of Trinidad and Tobago. With a municipal population of 49,867 (2017), an urban population of 81,142 and a transient dail ...

is named after him.

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* 1905 births 1979 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