Sir Ronald Herbert Garvey KCMG KCVO MBE (4 July 1903 – 31 May 1991) was a British Colonial Service administrator who served in the Pacific, the West Indies, and as Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man at the end of his career.
[6] In July 1932, he accepted an appointment as Assistant Secretary at the Western Pacific High Commission in Suva, Fiji,[7] where he married in October 1934 the daughter of a local doctor (see below).
[11] In Spring 1940, while on his way back to Britain on leave, he was recalled to serve as acting Resident Commissioner in the New Hebrides, at a time of turmoil as this Franco-British territory was the first to follow Charles de Gaulle's appeal to fight against Philippe Pétain's government.
[16] He found it hard to adjust to this African setting after 16 years in the Pacific, but was soon offered the position of Administrator of Saint Vincent, in the West Indies.
[23] In retirement he became Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man: he launched major initiatives there in the early 1960s to increase tourism, including the establishment of a new casino, and promoted the local tax incentives.