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Sir Leicester Paul Beaufort (13 December 1853 – 12 August 1926), was a British barrister and colonial governor of North Borneo.[1][2] Early lifeBeaufort was the second son of the Reverend Daniel Augustus Beaufort of Warburton, Cheshire and his wife Emily Newel, daughter of Sir John Davis, former Governor of Hong Kong.[3] His grandfather on the paternal side was Rear Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}} EducationBeaufort was educated at Westminster School and the University of Oxford, graduating as a Master of Arts and Bachelor of Civil Law.[2] He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1879.[3][2] In 1888 he was elected to the London School Board as one of the representatives of Greenwich.[4] CareerIn 1889 he began his career in colonial administration when he was appointed a judicial commissioner and government secretary in British North Borneo. From 1895–1899 he was Governor of North Borneo and Commander in Chief of the Colony of Labuan.[5][3][1] From 1901–1911 he was Chief Justice of North-Eastern Rhodesia and from 1911–1918 a judge of the High Court of Northern Rhodesia.[1][3] He retired in 1918 and lived at Wynberg, Cape Colony.[1][3] He was knighted in 1919.[6][3][1] Family lifeIn 1883 he married Edith Mary Griffith, daughter of an Anglican clergyman.[2][3] References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|title=Death Of Sir Leicester Beaufort|newspaper=The Times|date=14 August 1926|page=10}} {{start box}}{{s-gov}}{{succession box | title=Governor of North Borneo| before=Charles Vandeleur Creagh | after=Hugh Charles Clifford | years=1895–1899 }}{{end box}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Beaufort, Leicester Paul}}2. ^1 2 3 {{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/kellyshandbookto1899londuoft#page/126/mode/2up|page=126|title=Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes|year=1899}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web|title=BEAUFORT, Sir Leicester Paul|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U193309|work=Who Was Who|publisher=Oxford University Press|accessdate=18 September 2012}} 4. ^{{cite news|title=The London School Board. Result of the Polls|newspaper=The Morning Post|page=53|date=28 November 1888}} 5. ^{{London Gazette|issue=26613|date=5 April 1895|page=2065}} 6. ^{{London Gazette|issue=31271|date=4 April 1919|page=4414}} 8 : 1853 births|1926 deaths|Colonial Administrative Service officers|Members of the London School Board|People educated at Westminster School, London|Members of the Inner Temple|Northern Rhodesia judges|Governors of North Borneo |
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