Sir Patrick Muir Renison GCMG (24 March 1911 – 10 November 1965) was a British colonial administrator.

Biography

Renison was born in 1911 in Rock Ferry, England. He attended Uppingham School, and later

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Corpus Christi College (full name: "The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary", often shortened to "Corpus"), is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. From the late 14th century through to the early 19th century ...

. He entered the

Colonial Administrative 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 ...

in 1932 and was seconded to the Colonial Office. In 1936 he moved to

Ceylon Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

where he was appointed to the

Ceylon Civil Service The Ceylon Civil Service, popularly known by its acronym CCS, was the premier civil service of the Government of Ceylon under British colonial rule and in the immediate post-independence period. Established in 1833, it functioned as part of the ...

. He would remain in Ceylon until 1944, during which time he would hold a number of Civil Service posts across the country. Following the Second World War, Renison was asked to assist the Colonial Office's plans for post-war recruitment. In 1947 he returned to the United Kingdom whereupon he was appointed an Assistant Secretary in the Colonial Office. In 1948 he began work as Colonial Secretary of Trinidad and Tobago. Rension was appointed

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in 1952, a post he held until 1955. On 25 October 1955 he took up the position of Governor of British Guiana. He left the post in 1958 and served as Governor of Kenya between 1959 and 1962. He died in Marylebone, London on 10 November 1965, aged 54. His daughter, Anne Willoughby Renison, married Hugh Cholmondeley, 5th Baron Delamere of Pitt River (b. 18 Jan 1934).Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Renison, Patrick Muir 1911 births 1965 deaths Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George People from Birkenhead British Trinidad and Tobago people Chief secretaries (British Empire) Governors of British Honduras Governors of British Guiana Colonial governors and administrators of Kenya British Kenya people British people in British Ceylon