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Governors Of Anguilla
The governor of Anguilla is the representative of the monarch in the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla. The governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the Government of the United Kingdom. The governor is the highest authority on Anguilla, but daily business is handled by local Anguillan elected officials. The main role of the governor is to appoint the premier of Anguilla. The governor's official residence is Government House at Old Ta. The governor has her own flag: the Union Flag defaced with the coat of arms of Anguilla. The current governor is Julia Crouch, who was sworn in on 11 September 2023. List of governors of Anguilla * 1982–83: Charles Henry Godden * 1983–87: Alastair Turner Baillie * 1987–89: Geoffrey Owen Whittaker * 1989–92: Brian George John Canty * 1992–95: Alan William Shave * 1995–96: Alan Hoole * 1996–2000: Robert Harris * 2000–04: Peter Johnstone * 2004–06: Alan Huckle * 2006–09: Andrew George * 2009–13: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Excellency
Excellency is an honorific style (manner of address), style given to certain high-level officers of a sovereign state, officials of an international organization, or members of an aristocracy. Once entitled to the title "Excellency", the holder usually retains the right to that courtesy throughout their lifetime, although in some cases the title is attached to a particular office and is held only during tenure of that office. Generally people addressed as ''Excellency'' are heads of state, heads of government, governors, ambassadors, Roman Catholic bishops, high-ranking ecclesiastics, and others holding equivalent rank, such as heads of international organizations. Members of royal families generally have distinct addresses such as Majesty, Highness, etc.. While not a title of office itself, the honorific ''Excellency'' precedes various titles held by the holder, both in speech and in writing. In reference to such an official, it takes the form ''His'' or ''Her Excellency''; in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Owen Whittaker
Geoffrey Owen Whittaker, OBE (10 January 1932 – 24 February 2015) was a British civil servant. He served as the Governor of the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla from 1987 until 1989. Second son of Alfred James Whittaker (d. 1971) and Gertrude Austen (née Holvey, d. 1984), he was born in Sherwood, Nottingham, the third of three children. He attended Haydn Road Elementary School, Sherwood, Nottingham. He later attended Nottingham High School Nottingham High School is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private fee-charging day school for boys and girls in Nottingham, England, with an infant and junior school (ages 4–11) and senior school (ages 11–18). There were 1177 stu ... as a Foundation Scholar before reading Commerce at Bristol University. At both he excelled at Rugby playing as a loose forward and winger and at cricket as a fast bowler. He was articled to an accountant in Nottingham but before qualifying joined the Colonial Audit Service. His first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Colonial Governors And Administrators Of Anguilla
There have been many colonial governors of Anguilla. The official title of the position began as Deputy Governor of Anguilla, which transitioned to Chief Magistrate of Anguilla, and then became the current title of Governor of Anguilla. Deputy Governors #William Watts (colonial administrator), William Watts 1660–1666 #Abraham Howell 1666–1689 #George Leonard (governor), George Leonard 1689–1735 #John Richardson (governor), John Richardson 1735–1741 #Arthur Hodge (Deputy Governor of Anguilla), Arthur Hodge 1741–1749 #John Welch (governor), John Welch 1749–1750 #Benjamin Gumbs II 1750–1768 #Benjamin Roberts (governor), Benjamin Roberts 1768–1771 #John Smith (Deputy Governor of Anguilla), John Smith 1771–1776 #Benjamin Gumbs III 1776–1782 #Thomas Hodge (governor), Thomas Hodge 1782–1805 #William Richardson (colonial administrator), William Richardson 1805–1829 Chief Magistrates #Richard Challenger 1842–1846 #Isidor Dyett 1862–1863 #George Alsbury 26 Novem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Crouch (Governor Of Anguilla)
Julia Crouch is a British novelist, who writes Domestic Noir, a sub-genre of crime fiction. The term was first applied to fiction in 2012 by Crouch herself, who has been called "The Queen of Domestic Noir". She described the form in her blog: The term was widely accepted by the publishing industry and Crouch went on to write the introduction to ''Domestic Noir: The New Face of 21st Century Crime Fiction'', published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2018. Crouch spent four years as Visiting Fellow on the University of East Anglia Crime Writing MA. She is a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Brighton and teaches for Faber Academy and the National Centre for Writing in Norwich. With fellow author William Shaw, she hosts bi-monthly Brighton Crime Wave events at Waterstones bookshop, where they interview other crime fiction authors. Early life Born Julia Collins in Ilford, she grew up in Northampton and Cambridge. From 1981 to 1983, she studied for a degree in drama at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam
Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam is a British lawyer and civil servant who has served as Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands since 29 June 2023. She served as Governor of Anguilla between 2021 and 2023. Civil service Daniel-Selvaratnam is of Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora, Sri Lankan Tamil descent. She was Call to the bar, called to the bar in 1999, and earned an LL.M. in Public International Law from the University of London in 2000. She completed her pupillage during 2000–2001 at 9 King's Bench Walk and 1 Inner Temple Lane. From 2004 to 2007, Daniel-Selvaratnam was a policy advisor at the Department for Constitutional Affairs. She worked in different capacities at the Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom), Ministry of Justice from 2007 to 2015: Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Justice (2007–2010), Secretary to the David Omand, Omand Review (2010), Deputy Head of Offender Management Strategy (2010–2011), and Deputy Director of Strategy and Change for HM Courts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Foy
Timothy John Foy is a former British civil servant and territorial governor. He served as Governor of Anguilla from August 2017 through December 2020. During his inaugural address, he stated that economic development and improving public safety would be his key priorities as governor. Prior to his governorship he served as a member of the UK Civil Service, holding positions in the Home Office, the Cabinet Office, and the Department for International Development (DFID). Between 2005 and 2006, he served as the Head of DFID in Iraq, and testified before the Chilcot Inquiry in 2010 on his experience of post-war reconstruction following the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Already Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), Foy was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours The 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours are appointments by some of the 15 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to Orders and decorations of the Commonwealth realms, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Scott
Christina Martha Elena Scott (born 25 December 1974) is a British civil servant and diplomat. She served as Governor of Anguilla between 2013 and 2017, and was the first woman to hold the post. She was appointed Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Beijing in September 2018. Since October 2022 she has served as Minister and Deputy High Commissioner to India at the British High Commission in New Delhi. She was educated at Francis Holland School, Clarence Gate and Christ Church, Oxford. Prior to her governorship of Anguilla, she was a civil servant: * Director of the Civil Contingencies Secretariat in the Cabinet Office (2009–13) * Private Secretary to the Prime Minister (2006–2009) Scott has worked at HM Treasury, Department for Transport and at the European Commission. She was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to British foreign policy. Personal Scott was married to Chris Martin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alistair Harrison
William Alistair Harrison (born 14 November 1954) is His Majesty's Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps. He was previously Governor of Anguilla from 21 April 2009 to 23 July 2013. Early life Harrison was born on 14 November 1954 in Guisborough, North Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom. He studied at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle. He then went on to read Literae Humaniores at University College, Oxford, graduating in 1977. In 1995, he has also gained a Diploma in Economics at the University of London. Diplomatic career In 1977, he joined Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service. He first worked in the NATO Section of the Defence Department of Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He had Polish language training in 1978. He was posted to Warsaw, Poland between 1979 and 1982. He was a Private Secretary to Parliamentary Under-Secretary of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1984 to 1986. From 1987 till 1992, he was based in New York City as part of the UK Mission to the United Nations. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew George (diplomat)
Andrew Neil George (born 9 October 1952) is a British diplomat. George served as the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Anguilla from July 2006 to March 2009. Prior to becoming governor, he had a long career serving the Foreign and Commonwealth Office including postings in Australia, Paraguay, Thailand (where he met his wife) and Indonesia, where his posting ended early after the 2002 Bali bombings. Personal life His wife, Watanalak George was born in Thailand. The couple have two children: a daughter, Arada and a son, Michael. Andrew George grew up in Scotland and has a university degree in politics and modern history. See also * List of current heads of government of dependencies * Governor of Anguilla The governor of Anguilla is the representative of the monarch in the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla. The governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the Government of the United Kingdom. The governor is the highest authority ... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Huckle
Alan Edden Huckle (born 15 June 1948) is an English senior diplomat in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the British Government. He was the commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) and the British Antarctic Territory from 23 April 2001 until 12 January 2004, when he left to become the governor of Anguilla in the Caribbean. He was the Governor of Anguilla from 29 July 2004 to July 2006, having been appointed in July 2003. In July 2005, it was announced that Huckle would soon be leaving Anguilla to become Governor of the British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands and the Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, all of which are located in the South Atlantic Ocean. He was succeeded in Anguilla by Andrew George, on 10 July 2006. During his time as Governor of the Falkland Islands, Huckle oversaw the implementation of the new Constitution in 2009. He was succeeded as Governor by Nigel Haywood Nigel Robert Haywood (born 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Johnstone (governor)
Peter Johnstone (born 30 July 1944) was the governor of Anguilla Anguilla is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Sa ... from 4 February 2000 until 29 July 2004. References External linksWorld Statesmen – Anguilla 1944 births Living people Governors of Anguilla Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George {{Anguilla-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Harris (Anguilla)
Robert Malcolm Harris (born 9 February 1941) was the Governor of Anguilla for the period December 1996 – 27 January 2000. He became acting governor after Alan Hoole Alan Norman Hoole (25 April 1942 – 8 May 2000) was the Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha between 1991 and 1995, he then served as Governor of Anguilla between 1995 and 1996. He was educated at Sheffield University ... became seriously ill. References 1941 births Living people Governors of Anguilla {{Anguilla-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |