Athelstan Long
Athelstan Charles Ethelwulf Long CMG CBE (2 January 1919 – 31 July 2019) was a British colonial administrator. He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on the 24th February 1940.[1] He was the Administrator, then Governor of the Cayman Islands from 1968 to 1972.[2][3][4] He was the son of the writer Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym) and her second husband Arthur Leonard Long.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Page 1232 | Supplement 34802, 27 February 1940 | London Gazette | the Gazette".
- ^ "Athelstan Long obituary". The Times. 23 August 2019.
- ^ "Athelstan Long, governor of the Cayman Islands who as a PoW survived the 'Death Railway' – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 29 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Long, Athelstan Charles Ethelwulf". Who's Who & Who Was Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Categories:
- 1919 births
- 2019 deaths
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- Governors of the Cayman Islands
- People educated at Westminster School, London
- Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford
- Royal Artillery officers
- Indian Political Service officers
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Administrators in British Burma
- Colonial Administrative Service officers
- Fellows of the Royal Asiatic Society
- Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society
- British World War II prisoners of war