Bruce Greatbatch
Sir Bruce Greatbatch inspecting police guard of honour on the Seychelles in 1972
Sir Bruce Greatbatch, KCVO, CMG, MBE (10 June 1917 – 20 July 1989) [1] was the British colonial governor of Seychelles from 1969 to 1973. He was educated at Malvern College and Brasenose College, Oxford.[2] He oversaw the forced removal of the indigenous people of the Chagos Archipelago and ordered the gassing of the islander's pet dog population of 1,000. He called the Chagossians "unsophisticated" and "untrainable". The evacuation was carried out in order to construct an American military installation on Diego Garcia.
References
- ↑ http://www.leighrayment.com/knights/knightsfoxgz.htm
- ↑ 2007 "Greatbatch, Sir Bruce, (10 June 1917–20 July 1989)." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO
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| Preceded by Sir Hugh Norman-Walker |
Governor of the Seychelles 1969–1973 |
Succeeded by Colin Allan |
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