Charles Bruton
Charles Lamb Bruton (6 April 1890 – 26 March 1969) was an English colonial administrator.
Personal information | |
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Born | Wotton, Gloucester | 6 April 1890
Died | 26 March 1969 78) Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire | (aged
Batting | Right-handed |
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Years | Team |
1922 | Gloucestershire |
Source: Cricinfo, 26 March 2014 |
Life
Born in Gloucester on 6 April 1890, he was the son of Henry William Bruton, and was educated at Radley College and Keble College, Oxford. He was then secretary to Luke Paget, Bishop of Stepney, in 1913–4.[1]
Bruton was in Uganda as Assistant District Commissioner (1914), District Commissioner (1924), and Provincial Commissioner of the Eastern Province (1936). He was then in Swaziland from 1937 to 1942, as Resident Commissioner and then Commissioner of the East African Refugee Administration, retiring in 1947. He later lived at Shiplake-on-Thames.[1]
Bruton played for Gloucestershire in 1922.[2]
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References
- "Bruton, Charles Lamb". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1955. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- "Charles Bruton". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
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Preceded by Allan Graham Marwick |
Resident Commissioner of Swaziland 1937 – 1942 |
Succeeded by Eric Kellett Featherstone |
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