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Tom Macan

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Thomas Townley Macan (born 1946) was Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the British Virgin Islands, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean Sea, from 14 October 2002 to 10 April 2006. He was educated at Shrewsbury School[1] and the University of Sussex.[2]

On the advice of the British government, he was appointed[3] by Queen Elizabeth II to represent the Queen in the territory and to act as the de facto head of state.

References

  1. ^ http://www.osclub.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=overseascontacts.index
  2. ^ http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000011/001191.htm
  3. ^ "NEW GOVERNOR.(Tom Macan, British Virgin Islands)(Brief Article)". Retrieved 24 January 2016.
Preceded by Governor of the British Virgin Islands
2002-2006
Succeeded by