John Osbaldiston Field
Sir John Osbaldiston FieldKBECMG (30 October 1913 – 22 February 1985) was a British colonial administrator who was the last Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands from 9 January 1970 and then, from 1 January 1972, the first Governor of this Crown Colony.[1]
Field was one of three children of Frank Osbaldiston Field of Gosport, Hampshire and Gertrude Caroline Perrin of Natal, South Africa. He was educated at Stellenbosch Boys School in South Africa and Magdalene College, Cambridge.[2]
From 1963 to 1969, he also was the British Governor of Saint Helena. He was before the Commissioner of the British Cameroons (United Nations trust territory) before incorporation.
Field died on 22 February 1985, at the age of 71.[3]
References
- ↑"No. 45593". The London Gazette. 8 February 1972. p. 1588.
- ↑Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1963. p. 2741. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ↑"Field, Sir John (Osbaldiston)". WHO WAS WHO 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
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