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Gilbert and Ellice Islands; Resident commissioners; Edward Carlyon Eliot, Resident commissioner; Valdemar Jens Andersen, Resident commissioner (1962–1970) John Osbaldiston Field, Resident commissioner (1970–1972), the Governor (1972–1973) Gilbert Islands; Governors; John Hilary Smith, Governor (1973–1978) Reginald James Wallace ...
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".
Smith was the last governor of the united Gilbert and Ellice Islands before it was divided into Tuvalu and what later became Kiribati. [1] Smith was educated at Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, University College London, and University College, Oxford. He joined the Colonial Service in 1950 and was stationed in Nigeria from 1951 to 1970.
The Gilbert and Ellice Islands (GEIC as a colony) in the Pacific Ocean were part of the British Empire from 1892 to 1976. They were a protectorate from 1892 to 12 January 1916, and then a colony until 1 January 1976, and were administered as part of the British Western Pacific Territories (BWPT) until they became independent.
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In 1820, the islands were named the Gilbert Islands or îles Gilbert (in French) by Adam Johann von Krusenstern, a Baltic German Admiral of the Russian Czar after the British Captain Thomas Gilbert, who crossed the archipelago in 1788. French captain Louis Duperrey was the first to map the whole
Arkansas Governor's Mansion: Seat: State Capitol, Little Rock, Arkansas: Term length: Four years, renewable once: Constituting instrument: Constitution of Arkansas: Precursor: Governor of Arkansas Territory: Inaugural holder: James Sevier Conway: Formation: September 13, 1836 (188 years ago) () Deputy: Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas: Salary ...