George Joy (colonial administrator)

Sir George Joy KBE CMG
Joy in the late 1930s
British Resident Commissioner of the New Hebrides
In office 1927–1940
Preceded by	Geoffrey Bingham Whistler Smith-Rewse
Succeeded by	Richard Denis Blandy
Governor of Saint Helena
In office 1947–1954
Preceded by	William Bain Gray
Succeeded by	James Harford
Personal details
Born	20 February 1896 London, United Kingdom
Died	25 April 1974(1974-04-25) (aged 78)

Sir George Andrew Joy KBE CMG (20 February 1896 – 25 April 1974) was a British colonial administrator. He served as British Resident Commissioner of the New Hebrides from 1927 until 1940 and as Governor of Saint Helena from 1947 until 1953.

Biography

Born in London, Joy attended St Francis Xavier's College in Bruges. During World War I he served in the British Army, fighting in the Flanders region. In 1924 he joined the Colonial and Foreign Office, and was appointed Assistant Resident Commissioner for the New Hebrides, where his fluency in French (learnt at school) was an asset in the joint rule with France. Four year later he was promoted to Resident Commissioner, also becoming Consul for the Western Pacific, and joint Consul for the Hoorn and Wallis Islands.

Joy remained in post in the New Hebrides until 1940, when he was appointed Resident Adviser to two sultans in Aden Protectorate, Saleh bin Ghalib Al-Qu'aiti of Qu'aiti and Dscha'far ibn al-Mansur al-Kathir of Kathiri. In 1942 he became Civil Secretary in the Colony of Aden government. He was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1945.

Joy was subsequently appointed Governor of Saint Helena in 1947. In the 1949 Birthday Honours he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He retired in 1953. After retiring, he founded the Strutt Research Fund alongside Arthur Strutt and W.H. Salter. He also became treasurer and secretary of the Society for Psychical Research.

He died in April 1974.