John Osbaldiston Field

Sir John Osbaldiston Field KBE CMG (30 October 1913 – 22 February 1985) was a British colonial administrator who was the last Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands from 9 January 1970 and then, from 1 January 1972, the first Governor of this Crown Colony.^[1]

Sir John Osbaldiston Field
John Osbaldiston Field in 1962
Resident Commissioner then Governor of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands
In office 9 January 1970 – April 1973
Preceded by	Val Andersen
Succeeded by	John Hilary Smith
Personal details
Born	(1913-10-30)30 October 1913 Southsea, Hampshire, England
Died	22 February 1985(1985-02-22) (aged 71)
Occupation	Colonial Service

Field was one of three children of Frank Osbaldiston Field of Gosport, Hampshire and Gertrude Caroline Perrin of Natal, South Africa. He was educated at Stellenbosch Boys School in South Africa and Magdalene College, Cambridge.^[2]

From 1963 to 1969, he also was the British Governor of Saint Helena. He was before the Commissioner of the British Cameroons (United Nations trust territory) before incorporation.

Field died on 22 February 1985, at the age of 71.^[3]