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John Hilary Smith, CBE, ATK (born 20 March 1928) is a British retired colonial administrator. Smith was the last governor of the united Gilbert and Ellice Islands before it was divided into Tuvalu and what later became Kiribati.
The Governor of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands was the colonial head of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands civil service from 1892 until 1979. The post was established in 1892 with the title 'Resident Commissioner' by Governor of Fiji John Bates Thurston after the islands were made a British protectorate , having previously been under the ...
People who were British colonial governors (1972–79) or resident commissioners (1892–1971) of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. From Tuvaluan independence in 1978 until Kiribati independence in 1979, the position was "Governor of the Ellice Islands".
Reginald James Wallace (16 August 1919 – 10 December 2012) was a British Colonial Service administrator. Wallace served as the last colonial Governor of the Gilbert Islands from 1978 to 12 July 1979. [3]
The atolls and islands of the Gilbert Islands lie in an approximate north-to-south line. The northernmost island in the group, Makin, it is approximately 420 nautical miles (780 km) from southernmost, Arorae, as the crow flies. Geographically, the equator is the dividing line
Henry Abel Smith (1900–1993), Governor of Queensland; James Francis Smith (1859–1928), Governor-General of the Philippines; John Hilary Smith (born 1928), Governor of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands from 1973 to 1978; John Hope Smith (1780s–1831), Governor of the Committee of Merchants of the Gold Coast from 1817 to 1822
The Gilbert and Ellice Islands (GEIC as a colony) in the Pacific Ocean was part of the British Empire from 1892 to 1976. It was a protectorate from 1892 to 12 January 1916, and then a colony until 1 January 1976, and was administered as part of the British Western Pacific Territories (BWPT) until it became independent as two separate states.
William Telfer Campbell Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands In office 1895–1909 Preceded by Charles Richard Swayne Succeeded by John Quayle-Dickson Personal details Born 19 March 1863 India Died 12 March 1929 Dorset Nationality British Occupation Colonial Service William Telfer Campbell (1863 - 1929), born in India, was the second Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and ...