Colville Deverell

Sir Colville Montgomery Deverell, GBE, KCMG (21 February 1907 in Dublin, Ireland – 18 December 1995 in Wokingham, Berkshire, England^[1]) was an Irish cricketer and colonial administrator.

Cricket

A right-handed batsman^[1], he played just once for the Ireland cricket team, against the MCC in August 1930.^[2] He played one first-class match, playing for Dublin University against Northamptonshire in 1926. In the match, he opened the batting with Irish playwright Samuel Beckett.^[3]

Politics

Later in life, he served as Governor of the Windward Islands.

He was 28th Governor of Mauritius from 2 Nov 1959 to 10 Jul 1962.^[4]

He was secretary-general of the International Planned Parenthood Federation.^[3]

Honours

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), 1946
• Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO), 1953
• Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG), 1955
• Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG), 1957
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE), 1963^[5]

Government offices
Preceded by Edward Betham Beetham	Governor of the Windward Islands 1955–1 January 1960	Territory dissolved
Preceded by Sir Robert Scott	Governor of Mauritius 1959-1962	Succeeded by Sir John Shaw Rennie

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Cricket Archive profile
2. ^ CricketEurope Stats Zone profile
3. ^ ^{a b} Cricinfo profile
4. ^ http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Mauritius.htm
5. ^ "OBITUARY: Sir Colville Deverell". http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19951223/ai_n14025473. ^{[dead link]}

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Name	Deverell, Colville
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Date of birth	21 February 1907
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Date of death	18 December 1995
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