John Osbaldiston Field
British Colonial Service administrator
About John Osbaldiston Field
Lived 1913 – 1985 (aged 71–72). John Osbaldiston Field was a British foreign and commonwealth and Development Office.
Sir John Osbaldiston Field (30 October 1913 – 22 February 1985) was a British colonial administrator who was the last Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands from 9 January 1970 and then, from 1 January 1972, the first Governor of this Crown Colony.
Field was one of three children of Frank Osbaldiston Field of Gosport, Hampshire and Gertrude Caroline Perrin of Natal, South Africa. He was educated at Stellenbosch Boys School in South Africa and Magdalene College, Cambridge.
From 1963 to 1969, he also was the British Governor of Saint Helena. He was before the Commissioner of the British Cameroons (United Nations trust territory) before incorporation.
Field died on 22 February 1985, at the age of 71.
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British Colonial Service administrator
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John Osbaldiston Field was born on 30 October 1913 in Southsea.
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John Osbaldiston Field was a foreign and commonwealth and Development Office.
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