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Geoffrey Colin Guy

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49:, which in 1960 devastated agriculture on the island. He was managing director of the salt industry on the islands and used profits from the commodity to build airstrips and lay the foundation for today's main industry – tourism. 168: 173: 153: 128: 148: 163: 143: 75:
from 1976 to 1980. In 1980, he stood for election to Saint Helena's first sovereign parliament and served as its speaker until his retirement at the 1985 election.
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Guy was an RAF photo-reconnaissance pilot during World War II in the Burmese campaign against the invading Japanese. His memoir,
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Guy stayed on in Saint Helena until 1992 when he and his wife Joan moved to a Yorkshire village,
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where he helped to control the riots which occurred as British rule came to an end.
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from 1958 to 1959 and 1959 to 1965 respectively. Mr. Guy was succeeded by
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Following his service in Turks and Caicos, he was Administrator and then
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This article is about the civil servant. For the pharmacologist, see
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British colonial governors and administrators in the Americas
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British colonial governors and administrators in Africa
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Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Index

Geoffrey Guy
CMG
CVO
OBE
Administrator of the Turks and Caicos
John Anthony Golding
Hurricane Donna
Sierra Leone
Governor of Dominica
Administrator of Ascension
Governor of Saint Helena
Kirk Hammerton
Obituary
The Times
Categories
1921 births
2006 deaths
Administrators of Ascension Island
Administrators of the Turks and Caicos Islands
British World War II pilots
Governors of Dominica
Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order
Commissioners of the Turks and Caicos Islands
Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
Governors of Saint Helena
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
British colonial governors and administrators in the Americas
British colonial governors and administrators in Africa
British expatriates in British Burma
British expatriates in Sierra Leone

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