Tristan da Cunha Administrators


Annexation Party Officers
Arrived	Departed	Name

14th August, 1816	28th November, 1816	Lt. D Rice, Royal Navy
28th November, 1816	15th May, 1817	Captain A J Cloete, 21st Light Dragoons
5th May, 1817	18th November, 1817	Lt R S Aitchison, Royal Artillery

Royal Naval Officers in Charge

Arrived	Departed	Name

10th May, 1942	1st July, 1944	Surgeon-Lt C J S Wooley, RNVR
1st July, 1944	8th May, 1946	Surgeon-Lt-Cdr H S Corfield, RNVR
Administrators appointed by the Crown

Arrived	Departed	Name

31st January, 1950	30th October, 1952	H F I Elliott
30th October, 1952	8th November, 1954	J P L Scott
8th November, 1954	4th April, 1957	P R Forsyth Thompson
4th April, 1957	5th April, 1959	G F Harris
5th April, 1959	6th April, 1961	P A Day
6th April, 1961	9th October, 1961	P J F Wheeler
9th October, 1961	9th April, 1963	No administrator - island evacuated following volcanic eruption
9th April, 1963	2nd May, 1965	P A Day
2nd May, 1965	21st April, 1966	G H Whitefield
21st April, 1966	17th May, 1969	B Watkins
17th May, 1969	12th December, 1974	Major J I H Fleming
12th December, 1974	23rd June, 1975	W Sandham
23rd June, 1975	18th September, 1978	S G Trees
18th September, 1978	1st November, 1981	E C Brooks
1st November, 1981		C F Redston

Source: "Tristan da Cunha and the Roaring Forties" - A Crawford

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