Thomas Alexander Vans Best
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Sir Thomas Alexander Vans Best, KCMG, KBE (8 October 1870 – 24 November 1941)[1] was a British colonial administrator.
Sir Thomas Alexander Vans Best | |
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Best in 1935 | |
| Governor of the Windward Islands | |
| In office 1930–1935 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Frederick Seton James |
| Succeeded by | Sir Selwyn MacGregor Grier |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 October 1870 United Kingdom |
| Died | 24 November 1941 (aged 71) |
| Spouse | Lady Helena Leopoldine Montagu |
He was born the son of Dr Alexander Vans Best of Aberdeen, previously a Staff Surgeon in the Bengal Army.
Thomas Vans Best joined the Colonial Service and served as Acting Governor of the Leeward Islands on behalf of Sir Edward Marsh Merewether from 1916 to 1919 and as Colonial Secretary of Trinidad and Tobago from August, 1919.[2]
He was Lieutenant Governor of Malta from 1925 to 1930 and Governor of the Windward Islands from 1930 to 1935. He was awarded KBE in 1926[3] and KCMG in 1932.[4]
He married Lady Helena Leopoldine Montagu, the daughter of Rear-Admiral Hon. Victor Alexander Montagu.
