Francis James Newton
Sir Francis James Newton | |
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Newton in 1925 | |
| Resident Commissioner of Bechuanaland | |
| In office 19 November 1895 – December 1897 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | Sidney Shippard |
| Succeeded by | Hamilton Goold-Adams |
| 1st High Commissioner of Southern Rhodesia to the United Kingdom | |
| In office 1 September 1924 – October 1930 | |
| Succeeded by | John Wallace Downie |
| Member of the Southern Rhodesian Legislative Council (Nominated member) | |
| In office 17 March 1902 – 30 April 1920 | |
| Succeeded by | Percival Donald Leslie Fynn |
| In office 1 October 1923 – 30 May 1924 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Ernest Montagu |
| Member of the Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly for Mazoe | |
| In office 30 May 1924 – 26 August 1924 | |
| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | Percy Sydney Inskipp |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1857 Saint Croix, Danish West Indies |
| Died | 8 May 1948 (aged 90–91) Bindura, Southern Rhodesia |
| Spouse |
Henrietta Joanna Strachey Cloete
(m. 1889) |
| Relatives |
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| Education | Rugby School |
| Alma mater | University College, Oxford |
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Sir Francis James Newton KCMG CVO (1857 – 8 May 1948) was a senior colonial administrator in different parts of the British Empire, principally in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).