Bruce Harry Dinwiddy, CMG (1 February 1946 – 1 April 2021) was the

governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

of the

Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands () is a self-governing British Overseas Territory—the largest by population in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are located to the ...

from May 2002 to October 2005. Born in

Epsom Epsom is the principal town of the Borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England, about south of central London. The town is first recorded as ''Ebesham'' in the 10th century and its name probably derives from that of a Saxon landowner. The ...

, he worked for the

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(FCO) from 1973 to 2005. Before becoming a

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, he was posted to many countries around the world, and also spent time working in England. The following is a list of jobs he has had with the FCO in the past 30 years: * 1973–1974: FCO (Central and Southern

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

n Dept.) * 1974–1974: UK Mission CSCE,

Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situa ...

(Second Secretary) * 1974–1975: FCO (

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a List of cities in China, city and Special administrative regions of China, special ...

and

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by ...

Dept.) * 1975–1977: UK Delegation MBFR,

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(First Secretary) * 1977–1981: FCO (Permanent Under Secretary's Dept.) * 1981–1983:

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metr ...

(Head of Chancery) * 1983–1984: FCO (Personnel Operations Dept.) * 1985–1986: FCO (Assistant Head, Personnel Policy Dept.) * 1986–1988: FCO (Counsellor on loan to

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) * 1989–1989: FCO (Career Development Attachment, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Ebenhausen) * 1989–1991:

Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ru ...

(Counsellor) * 1992–1995:

Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the c ...

(Deputy High Commissioner) * 1995–1998: FCO (Head, African Dept (Southern), also Commissioner

British Indian Ocean Territory The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 ...

, 1996–1998) * 1998–2001:

Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam (; from ar, دَار السَّلَام, Dâr es-Selâm, lit=Abode of Peace) or commonly known as Dar, is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania. It is also the capital of Dar es Salaam Region. With a population of over s ...

(High Commissioner) * 2001–2002: Secondment to

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* 2002–2005: Governor and President of the Executive Council,

He was married to Emma Victoria (née Llewellyn) and has one daughter (b. 1976) and one son (b. 1979). He died on 1 April 2021 at the age of 75.Bruce Dinwiddy, Governor of the Cayman Islands who co-ordinated aid and rescue after Hurricane Ivan struck – obituary
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References

1946 births 2021 deaths Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Governors of the Cayman Islands High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Tanzania People from Epsom {{CaymanIslands-bio-stub