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James Patrick Glass (born 20 January 1961) is a Tristanian politician who has served as
Tristan da Cunha Tristan da Cunha (), colloquially Tristan, is a remote group of volcano, volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is one of three constituent parts of the British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascensi ...
's Chief Islander for a record five times. He was made a
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during the
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. In May 2023 he attended the
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Family

Glass was born in
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in the
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on 20 January 1961 to Wilson Martyn Charlton Glass and Maria (Rogers). His father was the son of Robert Franklin Glass, son of Thomas Jordan Glass, a casualty of the 1885 Tristan da Cunha lifeboat disaster, and son of William Glass, founder of
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas Edinburgh of the Seven Seas is the only settlement on the island of Tristan da Cunha, a part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic Ocean. Locally, it is referred to as The Settle ...
. Glass is the brother of Anne Green, former Chief Islander.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Glass, James 1961 births Living people Chief Islanders of Tristan da Cunha Members of the Order of the British Empire