Reginald James Wallace

Reginald James Wallace
CMG OBE
Governor of the Gilbert Islands
In office
1 October 1978 – 12 July 1979
Preceded byJohn Hilary Smith
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Kiribati independence
Personal details
Born16 August 1919[1]
Coventry, West Midlands, England[2]
Died(2012-12-10)10 December 2012 (age 93)
Gibraltar

Reginald James Wallace (16 August 1919 – 10 December 2012) was a British Colonial Service administrator. Wallace served as the last colonial Governor of the Gilbert Islands from 1978 to 12 July 1979.[3] The Gilbert Islands, which separated from the neighboring Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu) in 1975, became the independent nation of Kiribati on 12 July 1979. He also served as deputy governor of Gibraltar in his later life

Wallace died on 10 December 2012 at the age of 93.[4] He had been a resident of Gardiner's View, Gibraltar.[4]

  1. ^ UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
  2. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
  3. ^ "December 2012". Rulers.org. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Reginald James Wallace Obituary". Times of London. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.