Sir Henry Guy Pilling, KCMG (1886 – 13 June 1953) was a British colonial administrator. He was

Governor of St Helena The Governor of Saint Helena is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. The Governor is appointed by the monarch on the official advice of His Majesty ...

from 1938 to 1941 and the

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from 1941 to 1946. In retirement, he served as Speaker of the East Africa Central Legislative Assembly from 1949 until his death.

Biography

Born in East Dereham, Pilling was educated at The King's School, Ely and Keble College, Oxford. He joined the

Colonial Service The Colonial Service, also known as His/Her Majesty's Colonial Service and replaced in 1954 by Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service (HMOCS), was the British government service that administered most of Britain's overseas possessions, under the aut ...

as a cadet in 1907 in Fiji. In 1921, he became Assistant Colonial Secretary of Fiji. In 1929, he was appointed Assistant to the

High Commissioner for the Western Pacific The High Commissioner for the Western Pacific was the chief executive officer of the British Western Pacific Territories, a British colonial entity, which existed from 1877 until 1976. Numerous colonial possessions were attached to the Territori ...

, before being appointed Colonial Secretary of British Honduras the same year. In 1934, he was transferred to Kenya as Colonial Secretary. In 1937, Pilling was appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Saint Helena, and in 1941 he became British Resident in Zanzibar. He retired from the Colonial Service in 1946. After his retirement, Pilling was elected Speaker of the East Africa Central Legislative Assembly in 1949 and served until his death. Pilling was appointed CMG in 1932 and promoted to KCMG in 1941. He also received the First Class of the

Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar The Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar (Wisam al-Kawkab al-Durri al-Zanzibari) is a decoration awarded by the Sultan of Zanzibar for meritorious services and since The Order of Independence was created in 1963 it is reserved for the persons ...

References

* https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-241836 {{DEFAULTSORT:Pilling, Guy 1886 births 1953 deaths 20th-century British civil servants Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George People educated at King's Ely Alumni of Keble College, Oxford Governors of Saint Helena British colonial governors and administrators in Oceania British colonial governors and administrators in the Americas Colonial governors and administrators of Kenya Resident ministers of Zanzibar Colonial Service officers