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Charles Bruton

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Charles Bruton
Personal information
Born(1890-04-06)6 April 1890
Wotton, Gloucester
Died26 March 1969(1969-03-26) (aged 78)
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1922Gloucestershire
Source: Cricinfo, 26 March 2014

Charles Lamb Bruton (6 April 1890 – 26 March 1969) was an English colonial administrator.

Life

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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 served as 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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bruton, Charles Lamb". Who's Who. Vol. 1955. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "Charles Bruton". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
Government offices
Preceded by
Allan Graham Marwick
Resident Commissioner of Swaziland
1937 – 1942
Succeeded by
Eric Kellett Featherstone