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Governors Of The Cayman Islands
The Governor of the Cayman Islands is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of the Cayman Islands. The Governor, a civil servant who has in modern times typically been a British subject normally resident in the United Kingdom, is appointed by the monarch from the staff of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on the advice of the British government. The role of the Governor is to act as the de facto head of state, and is responsible for appointing the Premier, who is the leader of the party with a majority of seats in the Legislature. The Governorship is held by Martyn Roper since October 2018. The Governor has his own flag, the Union Flag defaced with the territory's coat of arms. The official residence of the Governor is Government House in Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman. History Until 1962, the Cayman Islands were administered as a dependency of Jamaica. When Jamaica gained independence, the Islands were split and be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martyn Roper
Martyn Keith Roper (born 8 June 1965) is a British diplomat and civil servant who has been Governor of the Cayman Islands since 29 October 2018. Roper was the List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Algeria, British Ambassador to Algeria from 2010 to 2014. He was appointed Order of the British Empire, OBE in 2013 "for services to UK interests in Algeria, particularly the UK response to the In Amenas hostage crisis". Before taking up his position as the Governor of the Cayman Islands, Roper served as the Deputy chief of mission, Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of the United Kingdom, Beijing, British Embassy in Beijing, China. References External links Cayman Islands Government Web Site 1965 births Alumni of the Open University Alumni of the University of Hull Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Algeria Governors of the Cayman Islands Living people People educated at Heath Grammar School {{UK-diplomat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman
Seven Mile Beach (SMB) is a long crescent of coral-sand beach on the western end of Grand Cayman island. Seven Mile Beach is known for its beauty, recently receiving the honor of "The Caribbean's Best Beach" from ''Caribbean Travel and Life Magazine''. It is public property (Because of the rule from the high tide down is public ) and one is able to walk the full length of the beach, regardless of where you are staying. The Seven Mile Beach is the most popular and most developed area of Grand Cayman. It is home to the majority of the island's luxury resorts and hotels. Despite the name, a generous measurement puts the actual length at just a bit over long. A realistic length for the uninterrupted sandy beach is about 6 miles. The beach falls victim to annual erosion, which has reduced its size in some areas, and may have reduced its length at the ends. Like the rest of Grand Cayman, the development around the Seven Mile Beach was severely damaged in Hurricane Ivan in September 2004 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Edward John Gore
Michael Edward John Gore, CVO, CBE (20 September 1935 – 8 July 2022) was a British diplomat who was Governor of the Cayman Islands The Governor of the Cayman Islands is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of the Cayman Islands. The Governor, a civil servant who has in modern times typically been a British subject normally resi ... from 1992 to 1995. References External links List of Governors and Predecessors of the Cayman IslandsCayman Islands Government Web Site 1935 births 2022 deaths Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Members of HM Diplomatic Service Governors of the Cayman Islands High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to the Bahamas Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Liberia Fellows of the Royal Photographic Society British journalists British Army General List officers 20th-century British diplomats {{Caymans-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan James Scott
Alan James Scott (born 14 January 1934) was a career Colonial Civil Servant, whose last posting was as Governor of the Cayman Islands from 10 June 1987 to 14 September 1992. Previously he had been Secretary for Transport in Hong Kong (1980–85) and later the Deputy Chief Secretary (1985-87) and before Hong Kong, he had served in Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ... until the country's independence in 1970. He is married to Joan Hall Scott, born Joan Laureen Hall. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Alan James 1934 births Living people British civil servants Government officials of Hong Kong Governors of the Cayman Islands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Lloyd (colonial Administrator)
Peter Lloyd may refer to: * Peter Lloyd (mountaineer) (1907–2003), British climber and engineer * Peter Lloyd (aviator) (1920–2022), Australian sporting aviator and administrator * Peter Lloyd (commentator) (1920–not later than 1976), British television football commentator * Peter Lloyd (gymnast) (born 1949), Australian Olympic gymnast * Sir Peter Lloyd (politician) (born 1937), British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament, 1979–2001 * Peter Lloyd (illustrator) (1944–2009), British-born American illustrator * Peter Lloyd (journalist) Peter Lloyd (born 1966) is a journalist and was senior producer for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's news and current affairs program ''Lateline''. He was previously the ABC's South Asia correspondent based in New Delhi, from where he r ... (born 1966), foreign correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation * Peter Lloyd (tennis), Australian tennis player {{Hndis, name=Lloyd, Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Russell (colonial Administrator)
Thomas Russell, CMG, CBE (27 May 1920 – 5 July 2016) was a British colonial administrator. He was Governor of the Cayman Islands from 1974 to 1981. The eldest son of Colonel Thomas Russell OBE MC, Russell was educated at Gattonside School, Melrose Grammar School and Hawick High School, before attending the University of St Andrews, where he graduated MA. Enlisting in the British Army in 1940, he fought in North Africa and Italy, being badly wounded and taken prisoner by the Germans in 1944. Liberated in 1945, Russell left the Army the following year and was appointed to the Colonial Administrative Service, taking a course in colonial administration at Peterhouse, Cambridge. After postings in Fiji and the Solomon Islands, where he was Chief Secretary, he was appointed Governor of the Cayman Islands in 1970, serving until 1981; his term was extended three times, making him the longest-serving Governor of the territory. Returning to England after his retirement, he was appoint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Crook
Kenneth Roy Crook CMG (30 July 1920 – 24 July 2012) was a British diplomat. He was Governor of the Cayman Islands from 1971 to 1974, and Ambassador to Afghanistan from 1976 to 1979. He was named Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, George III, King George III. ... (CMG) in 1977. References 1920 births 2012 deaths Governors of the Cayman Islands Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Afghanistan Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George {{UK-diplomat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athelstan Charles Ethelwulf Long
Athelstan Charles Ethelwulf Long, CMG, CBE (2 January 1919 – 31 July 2019) was a British colonial administrator. He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on the 24th February 1940. He was the Administrator, then Governor of the Cayman Islands from 1968 to 1972. He was the son of the writer Marjorie Bowen Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long (née Campbell; 1 November 1885 – 23 December 1952), who used the pseudonyms Marjorie Bowen and Joseph Shearing, was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and ... (pseudonym) and her second husband Arthur Leonard Long. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Long, Athelstan 1919 births 2019 deaths Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Governors of the Cayman Islands People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Royal Artillery officers Indian Political Service officers British Army personnel o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Alfred Cumber
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Telegraph
''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally. It was founded by Arthur B. Sleigh in 1855 as ''The Daily Telegraph & Courier''. Considered a newspaper of record over ''The Times'' in the UK in the years up to 1997, ''The Telegraph'' generally has a reputation for high-quality journalism, and has been described as being "one of the world's great titles". The paper's motto, "Was, is, and will be", appears in the editorial pages and has featured in every edition of the newspaper since 19 April 1858. The paper had a circulation of 363,183 in December 2018, descending further until it withdrew from newspaper circulation audits in 2019, having declined almost 80%, from 1.4 million in 1980.United Newspapers PLC and Fleet Holdings PLC', Monopolies and Mergers Commission (1985), pp. 5–16. Its si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Rose (administrator)
Jack Rose, (18 January 1917 – 10 October 2009) was a British fighter pilot during the Battle of Britain who later in the Second World War pioneered the use of rockets fired from fighter-bombers. One of very few pilots to survive having been operational on both the first and last days of the war, he later became a distinguished administrator in the British Colonial Office. He was Administrator of the Cayman Islands from 1960 to 1963. Early life Born in Blackheath, London, Rose was educated at Shooters Hill School before studying science at University College London. He joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in October 1938, training as a fighter pilot. Military service Rose served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) in northern France in May 1940, flying a Hawker Hurricane from No 3 Squadron's Merville airbase. He shot down three German aircraft. However, on 19 May his Hurricane was so badly damaged that he had to make a forced landing. The squadron was then evacuated to E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivor Otterbein Smith
Ivor is an English masculine given name derived either directly from the Norse ''Ívarr'', or from Welsh (which spells it ''Ifor''), Irish (sometimes ''Ibar''), or Scottish, all of which likely derive it also from the original Norse form.The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe The Norse name is derived from the Old Norse elements ''ýr'' (yew, bow) and ''herr'' (warrior, army): hence, 'archer, bow warrior'. It is possible the old Norse name ''Ívarr'' comes from the Celtic root and may be related to the Celtic root of ''-iv'' which is found in ''St. Ives'' for example, itself possibly referring to yew. This could indicate an earlier shared language origin; potentially through Indo-European, previous contact or another source. Some of the earliest known bearers of the name are Ibar of Beggerin, an Irish saint who may have preceded or been contemporary with St. Patrick and probably died in the 500s; Ivar the Boneless, an 800s Viking who was possibly identi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
