Francis James Newton

Sir Francis James Newton
KCMG CVO
Sir Francis James Newton KCMG CVO
	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 Serving with John Wallace Downie
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	William Newton (grandfather); Alfred Newton (uncle); Edward Newton (uncle);
Education	Rugby School
Alma mater	University College, Oxford
Occupation	Barrister; colonial administrator;

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).

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