Ernest Samuel Beoku Betts
| Ernest Samuel Beoku Betts | |||||||
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| Born | 1895 | ||||||
| Died | 1957 | ||||||
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Common Room, Middle Temple [A63] Beoku Chambers, Freetown, Sierra Leone [1917] | ||||||
| Occupation | legal | ||||||
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1917.03.21 The question of the nomination of Mr S.S.B. Betts of Sierra Leone and his inability to find a proposer was considered and on Prof. Keith’s suggestion it was resolved that Mr Betts be asked to call on Prof. Keith who might then judge whether he was a proper person to become a Fellow of the Institute.
1917.04.27 proposed by A. Keith, seconded by F.C. Shrubsall
1921.03.22 It was resolved ... that the following be removed from the list of Fellows: E.B. Betts, A. Morrison, B. Morley, G.F. Porter, W. Sheldon Ridge, Mr B. Williams, C.H. During, L.H. Ernst, C.W. Haywood, W. Kirkpatrick, H.N. Thomson
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Sir Ernest Samuel Beoku-Betts (March 15, 1895 – 1957) was a prominent Sierra Leonean lawyer who was very active in civic matters. He served first as member of the Freetown City Council and subsequently as its mayor (1925–1926). He improved the city and reorganized the council. He was also elected to the Legislative Council in 1924, where he worked closely with Herbert Bankole-Bright.
In 1937, Beoku-Betts left politics and became police magistrate. He assumed more senior positions during the years and was the first national to be the Vice-President of the Legislative Council.
He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth the year of his death. He had won recognition for the legal progress of Sierra Leone during the colonial period as well as constitutional progress toward independence.
