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.[citation needed] He was 28th Governor of Mauritius from 2 November 1959 to 10 July 1962.[4]

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. ^ "Mauritius".
  5. ^ OBITUARY: Sir colville Deverell (23 December 1995). "The Independent UK". The Independent UK. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
Government offices Preceded byEdward Betham Beetham Governor of the Windward Islands 1955–1 January 1960 Territory dissolved Preceded bySir Robert Scott Governor of Mauritius 1959–1962 Succeeded bySir John Shaw Rennie
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