John Osbaldiston Field

Sir
John Osbaldiston Field
John Osbaldiston Field in 1962
Resident Commissioner then Governor of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands
In office
9 January 1970 – April 1973
Preceded byVal Andersen
Succeeded byJohn Hilary Smith
Personal details
Born(1913-10-30)30 October 1913
Southsea, Hampshire, England
Died22 February 1985(1985-02-22) (aged 71)
OccupationColonial Service

Sir John Osbaldiston Field KBE CMG (30 October 1913 – 22 February 1985) was a British colonial administrator who was the last Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands from 9 January 1970 and then, from 1 January 1972, the first Governor of this Crown Colony.[1]

Field was one of three children of Frank Osbaldiston Field of Gosport, Hampshire and Gertrude Caroline Perrin of Natal, South Africa. He was educated at Stellenbosch Boys School in South Africa and Magdalene College, Cambridge.[2]

From 1963 to 1969, he also was the British Governor of Saint Helena. He was before the Commissioner of the British Cameroons (United Nations trust territory) before incorporation.

Field died on 22 February 1985, at the age of 71.[3]

  1. ^ "No. 45593". The London Gazette. 8 February 1972. p. 1588.
  2. ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1963. p. 2741. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Field, Sir John (Osbaldiston)". WHO WAS WHO 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.