Ronald Garvey
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Sir Ronald Garvey KCMG KCVO MBE |
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| 14th Administrator of Saint Vincent | |
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In office 1944–1948 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Preceded by | Sir Alexander Elder Beattie |
| Succeeded by | Sir Walter Coutts |
| 14th Governor of British Honduras | |
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In office 28 February 1949 – 1952 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Preceded by | Sir Edward Hawkesworth |
| Succeeded by | Sir Patrick Renison |
| 17th High Commissioner for the Western Pacific | |
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In office 6 October 1952 – 31 December 1952 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Sir Brian Freeston |
| Succeeded by | Sir Kenneth Maddocks |
| 19th Governor of Fiji | |
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In office 6 October 1952 – 20 October 1958 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Sir Brian Freeston |
| Succeeded by | Sir Kenneth Maddocks |
| 20th Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man | |
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In office 1959–1966 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Sir Ambrose Dundas |
| Succeeded by | Sir Peter Stallard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 July 1903 Lincolnshire, United Kingdom |
| Died | 31 May 1991 (aged 87) |
| Citizenship | British |
| Spouse(s) | Patricia Dorothy McGusty |
| Children | 3 daughters, 1 son |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Occupation | Colonial administrator |
Sir Ronald Herbert Garvey KCMG KCVO MBE (4 July 1903 in Lincolnshire – 31 May 1991) was a British colonial administrator who served in the Pacific, the West Indies, and as Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man at the end of his career.
A parson son for the Lincolnshire Wolds, Garvey was admitted on a choral scholarship at Trent College (Long Eaton) where he studied from 1916 to 1923. He then entered University of Cambridge (Emmanuel College), where he read history and got a B.A. in anthropology, while preparing to take the civil service examination, hoping to join the Indian Service. Getting involved in breaking the 1926 general strike, he didn't find time to study for this examination, and instead applied for a position at the Colonial Service. He accepted a position in the Solomon Islands Protectorate, sailing sailed from Southampton to Fiji in November 1926.
Garvey spent six years in the Solomons, most of them as a district officer for the Santa Cruz Group, on Vanikoro, more than 500 miles away from the colony's headquarters à Tulagi. Amidst other occupations, he trying to find archeological evidences of the French explorer Lapérouse's presence on the island. In July 1932, he accepted an appointment as Assistant secretary at the Western Pacific High Commission, in Suva, Fiji where he married in October 1934 the daughter of a local doctor (see below). In 1938-1939, he served as acting Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony, a senior position usually not offered to people in their thirties. Back to Suva to his former position, he was sent in late August 1939 to Tonga to persuade Queen Salote to declare war to Nazi Germany if war was to break out in Europe. His success had him made a few months later a member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
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