Richard Posnett

Sir Richard Neil Posnett KBE CMG (19 July 1919 – 11 May 2009) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Belize^[a] (from 1972 to 1976) and Governor of Bermuda (from 1981 to 1983). He was also briefly Commissioner of Anguilla (in 1969) and High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Uganda (in 1979). Posnett was a founder of the Uganda Olympic Committee and a fluent speaker of Swahili.^[1]

Sir Richard Posnett KBE CMG
Governor of Belize[a]
In office 1972–1976
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Premier	George Cadle Price
Preceded by	Sir John Paul
Succeeded by	Peter McEntee
Governor of Bermuda
In office 1981–1983
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Premier	Sir David Gibbons John Swan
Preceded by	Sir Peter Ramsbotham
Succeeded by	Mark Herdman (acting)
Personal details
Born	(1919-07-19)19 July 1919 Kotagiri, India
Died	11 May 2009(2009-05-11) (aged 89)

Notes

1. Known as British Honduras until 1 June 1973.