Mark Herdman
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Mark Herdman CBE LVO |
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| Governor of the British Virgin Islands | |
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In office 1986–1991 |
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| Preceded by | David Robert Barwick |
| Succeeded by | Peter Penfold |
| Deputy Governor of Bermuda | |
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In office 1983–1986 |
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| Governor | John Morrison |
| Governor of Bermuda (acting) | |
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In office 14 February 1983 – July 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Richard Posnett |
| Succeeded by | John Morrison |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
26 April 1932 Rhu, Scotland, UK |
| Died | 5 August 2015 (aged 83) |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Dillon (m. 1963–2015) |
| Children | Patrick Deirdre Bridget |
| Alma mater |
Trinity College, Dublin The Queen's College, Oxford |
John Mark Ambrose Herdman CBE LVO (26 April 1932 – 5 August 2015) was a British diplomat and overseas civil servant. Herdman served as the Deputy Governor of Bermuda from 1983 to 1986 (including a stint as Bermuda's acting Governor in 1983) and the Governor of the British Virgin Islands from 1986 until 1991.
Mark Herdman was born in Rhu, Scotland, on 26 April 1932, to Joan (née Tennant) and Claud Herdman, a Commander of the Royal Navy. His mother, Joan, died in 1936 when he was four years old. Herdman was brought up by a paternal aunt in Northern Ireland until his father remarried in 1939. The Herdman family owned and operated a linen factory in Sion Mills in County Tyrone. They had established the village of Sion Mills in 1835.
Herdman attended St Edward's School, a boarding school in Oxford, and later graduated from Trinity College, Dublin. He then enrolled at the Queen's College, Oxford, for one year, to prepare for a posting in the British Overseas Civil Service.
Herdman first served as a District Officer and later as a District Commissioner in British Kenya, until the country gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1964.
After leaving Kenya, Herdman transferred from the British Overseas Civil Service to Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service. He studied Arabic at the Middle East Centre for Arab Studies (MECAS) in Shemlan, Lebanon, to prepare for a posting in neighboring Jordan. He then served at diplomatic embassies and missions in Zambia, Saudi Arabia and Malawi.Queen Elizabeth II named Herdman as a Lieutenant in the Royal Victorian Order during her trip to Malawi in 1979.
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