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Sir Ian Thomson
Obituary of Sir Ian Thomson, former colonial administrator in Fiji and governor of the British Virgin Islands; born January 8, 1920; died March 13, 2008.Born in Glasgow and a graduate of Glasgow University, John Sutherland Thomson targeted the colonial service as a career early in life.
He arrived in Fiji's capital, Suva, in 1941 as ADC to the governor, Sir Harry Luke. After the attack on Pearl Harbour in December that year, Government House in Suva became a centre of strategic operations and Thomson became responsible for decoding.
Colonial secretary in Fiji as the colony prepared for independence, Thomson reluctantly took up post in 1967 as governor of the British Virgin Islands, a role he held for the next five years.
Thomson was made CMG in 1968, and knighted at Holyroodhouse in 1985. A lifelong Christian, he had been an elder in Suva of St Andrews Presbyterian Church.
Full story at The Herald.
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