John Shaw Rennie
Sir John Shaw Rennie | |
|---|---|
| 1st Governor-General of Mauritius | |
| In office 12 March 1968 – 3 September 1968 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Seewoosagur Ramgoolam |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Michel Rivalland (acting) |
| 7th Resident Commissioner of the New Hebrides | |
| In office 1955–1962 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Hubert Flaxman |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Mair Wilkie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 January 1917 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 12 August 2002 (aged 85)[1] |
Sir John Shaw Rennie GCMG OBE (12 January 1917 – 12 August 2002) was a British civil servant and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East's Commissioner-General from 1971 to 1977.[2]
Early life[edit]
John Rennie was born in Glasgow and educated at Hillhead High School, Glasgow University and Balliol College, Oxford. In 1951 Rennie was appointed Britain's deputy colonial secretary for Mauritius.[3] He was the British Resident in the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) from 1955 to 1962.[4]
From 1962 to 1968, he was Governor of Mauritius, overseeing Mauritius' transition to independence, including initiating discussions with Dr. Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, the Mauritian premier, over the detachment of the Chagos Islands from Mauritian territory.[5]
From 1968 to 1971, Rennie was UNRWA deputy Commissioner-General under Laurence Michelmore, who persuaded then-U.N. Secretary-General U Thant to appoint Rennie as his successor.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Sir John Rennie, The Daily Telegraph, 8 October 2002
- ^ Benjamin N. Schiff, Refugees Unto the Third Generation: UN Aid to Palestinians, (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1995), p. 293.
- ^ RENNIE, Sir John Shaw, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2010
- ^ "Vanuatu". Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ Sands, Philippe (2022), The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain's Colonial Legacy, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, pp. 41-42; ISBN 978-1-4746-1812-0
- ^ Around the World Archived 22 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, 3 October 2002
- 1917 births
- 2002 deaths
- Governors of British Mauritius
- Governors-General of Mauritius
- Colonial Administrative Service officers
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- UNRWA officials
- Resident Commissioners of the New Hebrides (United Kingdom)
- British officials of the United Nations
- Scottish knights