John Shaw Rennie

John Shaw Rennie

Sir John Shaw Rennie, GCMG, OBE (1917-1981) was Governor-General of Mauritius March 12-September 3, 1968. Previously, he was the British resident in Vanuatu from 1955 to 1962, and the governor of Mauritius from 1962 to 1968, when Mauritius gained independence and Rennie served his brief term as governor-general


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