David G. P. Taylor

David George Pendleton Taylor CBE (5 July 1933 – 8 November 2007) was a British colonial administrator and businessman who served as chief executive of the Falklands Islands[1] and Governor of Montserrat.

When Tanganyika gained independence in 1964, Taylor went to British Guiana in South America where he worked for Booker as the head of one of the company's six divisions.

[4] Taylor then briefly worked as director of a subsidiary agricultural consultancy at Booker-McConnell before being appointed Governor of Montserrat in 1990, helping to rebuild the Caribbean island after it had been hit by Hurricane Hugo a year earlier.

In 1997, Taylor helped raise money for the reconstruction of Montserrat following the eruption of the Soufrière Hills volcano which left most of the island uninhabitable.

[5] David Taylor died of a lung condition on 8 November 2007[4] and is buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.