George Joy

Sir George Andrew Joy (20 February 1896 – 25 April 1974) was a British colonial administrator. He served as British Resident Commissioner of the New Hebrides from 1927 until 1940 and as Governor of Saint Helena from 1947 until 1953.

Biography Born in London, Joy attended St Francis Xavier's College in Bruges. During World War I he served in the British Army, fighting in the Flanders region. where his fluency in French (learnt at school) was an asset in the joint rule with France. Four year later he was promoted to Resident Commissioner, also becoming Consul for the Western Pacific, and joint Consul for the Hoorn and Wallis Islands.

Joy remained in post in the New Hebrides until 1940, when he was appointed Resident Adviser to two sultans in Aden Protectorate, Saleh bin Ghalib Al-Qu'aiti of Qu'aiti and Dscha'far ibn al-Mansur al-Kathir of Kathiri. He retired in 1953.

He died in April 1974.