Sir Robert Peter Fawcus

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CMG (30 September 1915 – 22 April 2003) was a British colonial administrator in

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. Educated at

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, Fawcus was Government Secretary for Bechuanaland from 1954 to 1959,

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of Bechuanaland from 1959 to 1963 and Queen's Commissioner from 1963 to 1965. He prepared the way for Botswana's independence in 1966.

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FAWCUS, Sir (Robert) Peter
''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 1915 births 2003 deaths Commissioners of the Bechuanaland Protectorate People educated at Charterhouse School Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George 1960s in Bechuanaland Protectorate {{Botswana-bio-stub