Richard Posnett
Sir Richard Posnett | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Belize[a] | |
| In office 1972–1976 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Premier | George Cadle Price |
| Preceded by | Sir John Paul |
| Succeeded by | Peter McEntee |
| Governor of Bermuda | |
| In office 1981–1983 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Premier | Sir David Gibbons John Swan |
| Preceded by | Sir Peter Ramsbotham |
| Succeeded by | Mark Herdman (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 July 1919 Kotagiri, India |
| Died | 11 May 2009 (aged 89) |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
Sir Richard Neil Posnett KBE CMG (19 July 1919 – 11 May 2009) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Belize[a] (from 1972 to 1976) and Governor of Bermuda (from 1981 to 1983). He was also briefly Commissioner of Anguilla (in 1969) and High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Uganda (in 1979).
Posnett was educated at Kingswood School, Bath, and St John's College, Cambridge, where he won the 120 yards hurdles for Cambridge versus Oxford in 1940.[1] He was a founder of the Uganda Olympic Committee and a fluent speaker of Swahili.[2]
Notes
- 1 2 Known as British Honduras until 1 June 1973.
References
- ↑ "POSNETT, Sir Richard (Neil)". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2026 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ (26 May 2009). Obituaries: Sir Richard Posnett – The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
Categories:
- 1919 births
- 2009 deaths
- Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Governors of Anguilla
- Governors of Bermuda
- Governors of British Honduras
- High commissioners of the United Kingdom to Uganda
- Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- People educated at Kingswood School, Bath
- People from Nilgiris district
- Uganda at the Olympics
- Ugandan civil servants