John Osbaldiston Field

Sir John Osbaldiston Field KBE CMG (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.[1] 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.He was before the Commissioner of the British Cameroons (United Nations trust territory) before incorporation.This article about a person involved in governance in the United Kingdom or its predecessor states is a stub.
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