Eric Raymond Bevington, CMG, (1914-2004)

[Edwin King]

Colonial Administrator Eric Bevington, died on 30 Apr aged 90.

Who's Who entry:-

BEVINGTON, Eric Raymond, CMG 1961

born 23 Jan 1914; son of R Bevington and NE Bevington (nee Sutton); Married
1939, Enid Mary Selina (nee Homer); one son, one daughter. Educated: Monkton
combe School; Loughborough college; Queen's College, Cambridge. CENg,
MIMechE.

Cadet, HM Overseas Service, Gilbert & Ellice Islands, 1937; district
Officer, Fiji, 1942; Secretary Commission of Enquiry into Cost of Living
Allowances, Nigeria, 1945-46; Admin Officer C1, Fiji, 1950; Asst Colonial
Secretary (Development) Fiji, 1951; Development Commissioner, Brunei, 1954;
Financial Secretary, Fiji, 1958-61; Development Commissioner, 1962-63;
Member Executive Council, Fiji, 1958-63; Senior Project Engineer, Wrigh Rain
Ltd, 1964-67; Appeals Inspector, Ministry of Housing & Local Govt, 1967-70;
Senior Housing & Planning Inspector, DoE, 1970-78. Member, New Forrest DC,
1979-83.

Publications: The Things We do for England, 1990. Recreations: golf,
sailing, zymurgy.