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James Glass (Chief Islander)

Tristanian politician (born 1961) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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James Patrick Glass MBE (born 20 January 1961) is a Tristanian politician who has served as Tristan da Cunha's Chief Islander for a record five times.[1][2]

He was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire during the 2023 New Year Honours.[3] In May 2023 he attended the coronation of Charles III[4]

Family

Glass was born in Stanley in the Falkland Islands on 20 January 1961 to Wilson Martyn Charlton Glass and Maria (Rogers).[3][5] His father was the son of Robert Franklin Glass, son of Thomas Jordan Glass, a casualty of the 1885 Tristan da Cunha lifeboat disaster, and son of William Glass,[5] founder of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas.

Glass is the brother of Anne Green, former Chief Islander.[6]

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