Colville Deverell

Coville Deverell
Governor of Governor of British Mauritius
In office
2 November 1959 – 10 July 1962
Preceded bySir Robert Scott
Succeeded bySir John Shaw Rennie
Governor of Governor of British Mauritius
In office
1955 – 1 January 1960
Preceded byEdward Betham Beetham
Succeeded byPosition Abolished
Personal details
Born(1907-02-21)February 21, 1907
Dublin, Ireland
Died1995 (aged 87–88)

Sir Colville Montgomery Deverell GBE KCMG CVO (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.[4] He was 28th Governor of Mauritius from 2 November 1959 to 10 July 1962.[5]

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

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b Cricket Archive profile
  2. ^ CricketEurope Stats Zone profile Archived 2011-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b Cricinfo profile
  4. ^ a b OBITUARY: Sir colville Deverell (23 December 1995). "The Independent UK". The Independent UK. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Mauritius".
Government offices
Preceded by Governor of the Windward Islands
1955–1 January 1960 		Territory dissolved
Preceded by Governor of Mauritius
1959–1962 		Succeeded by