Geoffrey Colin Guy

Geoffrey Colin Guy CMG, CVO, OBE (4 November 1921 – 1 December 2006) was the last Commissioner and the first Administrator of the Turks and Caicos from 1958 to 1959 and 1959 to 1965 respectively.

He was managing director of the salt industry on the islands and used profits from the commodity to build airstrips and lay the foundation for today's main industry – tourism.

Guy was an RAF photo-reconnaissance pilot during World War II in the Burmese campaign against the invading Japanese.

Post-war he was a District Commissioner in Sierra Leone where he helped to control the riots which occurred as British rule came to an end.

Guy stayed on in Saint Helena until 1992 when he and his wife Joan moved to a Yorkshire village, Kirk Hammerton, where he lived until his death.