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Early Life
Frederick Johnson Pedler was born July 10, 1908. He attended Watford Grammar School, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

Colonial Office
In 1930 he joined the Colonial Office. In 1934 he was seconded to Tanganyika. He was, subsequently, Secretary to the Commission on Higher Education in East Africa and Sudan (1937); Secretary to the Lord Privy Seal (1938), and Secretary to Lord Hailey in Africa (1939) and in Congo (1940). Pedler was Chief British Economic Representative in Dakar (1942) and he also worked in the Finance Department of the Colonial Office (1944).

United Africa Company
Pedler joined the United Africa Company in 1947, becoming a director in 1951 and holding the office of Deputy Chairman between 1965 and 1968. He was also director of Unilever Ltd and Unilever NV from 1956-1968.

Personal Life
Married Ruth Carling on June 11, 1935 in the Cathedral at Mombasa.

Other Work
Sir Pedler was Chairman of the Council for Technical Education and Training for Overseas Countries (1962-1973) and Chairman of the East Africa and Mauritius Association (1966-1968). He was a member of the Inter-University Council (1967-1973) and Treasurer of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (1969-1981) from whom he received an Honorary Fellowship in 1976.

He was the author of several books. The Lion and the Unicorn in Africa – A history of the origins of the United Africa Company 1787-1931 (London, Heinemann 1974), being the first published account of the various British and Dutch firms which came together to form the United Africa Company.

Death
Pedler died on 6 April 1991.