# Arthur Benson

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{{Short description|British colonial administrator and governor}}
{{about||the English essayist, poet, and author|A. C. Benson|the developer of New York City suburbs|Arthur W. Benson}}
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| name               = Sir Arthur Benson
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| birth_name         = Arthur Edward Trevor Benson
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1907|12|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place        = Johannesburg
| death_date         = <!-- {{Death date and age|1910|4|24|1849|4|3|df=yes}}--> 1987 (aged 79)
| death_place        = Honiton, Devon, England
| other_names        = 
| known_for          = [Governor of Northern Rhodesia](/source/Governor_of_Northern_Rhodesia)
| occupation         = Colonial Administrator
}}
'''Sir Arthur Edward Trevor Benson''' [GCMG](/source/Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George) (21 December 1907 – 1987) was a British colonial administrator and governor.<ref name="obit" />

==Early life==
Benson was born in Johannesburg on 21 December 1907 the son of an Anglican clergyman.<ref name="obit" /> Educated at [Wolverhampton Grammar School](/source/Wolverhampton_Grammar_School) and [Exeter College, Oxford](/source/Exeter_College%2C_Oxford) he joined the colonial service in 1931.<ref name="obit" />

==Colonial service==
Benson was sent to Northern Rhodesia as a cadet later moving on to the Secretariat in Lusaka.<ref name="obit" /> During the Second World War he returned to London and was attached to the Cabinet Office.<ref name="obit" /> After the war he returned to Northern Rhodesia and the Luwingu outstation.<ref name="obit" /> In 1948 he became Chief Secretary of the Central African Council and in 1951 he was promoted to Chief Secretary of Nigeria.<ref name="obit" /> In 1954 he was appointed [Governor of Northern Rhodesia](/source/Governor_of_Northern_Rhodesia) until he retired in 1959.<ref name="obit" />

==Retirement==
He became a Justice of the Peace in Devon from 1962 to 1966 and he was also elected an Honorary Fellow of Exeter College.<ref name="obit" />

==Family life==
Benson had married Daphne  Mary Joyce Fynn and they had two daughters, he died in Devon<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl | title=FreeBMD - Search }}</ref> on 15 October 1987.<ref name="obit" />

==References==
<references>

<ref name="obit">"Sir Arthur Benson." Times [London, England] 19 Oct. 1987: 18. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 9 Aug. 2012.</ref>

</references>

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  before=Sir [Gilbert Rennie](/source/Gilbert_Rennie)|
  title=[Governor of Northern Rhodesia](/source/Governor_of_Northern_Rhodesia) | years=1954–1959|
  after=Sir [Evelyn Dennison Hone](/source/Evelyn_Dennison_Hone)
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Category:1907 births
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Category:Governors of Northern Rhodesia
Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Category:Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford
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Category:Fellows of Exeter College, Oxford
Category:People from Johannesburg
Category:People from Devon
Category:South African people of British descent
Category:South African emigrants to the United Kingdom
Category:British expatriates in Zambia

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