Glassie Strickland

Glassie Davy George Strickland (1894 – 21 March 1966) was a Cook Islands missionary, businessman and politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly between 1958 and 1961.

Biography Strickland was born in Aitutaki and was educated at Tereora College in Rarotonga. He worked for the London Missionary Society as a steward on its John Williams ship for six years before working for the Union Steam Ship Company and Jagger and Harveys, where he eventually became manager of the Cook Islands branch of the company.

A justice of the peace, Strickland was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1966 New Year Honours, for services to the people of the Cook Islands, especially in the field of public welfare. Soon afterwards, he died at Rarotonga Hospital in March 1966 at the age of 72.