Former Governor dies at 82

As of press time we learn that former British Virgin Islands Governor Walter Wilkinson Wallace, CVO, CBE, DSO died over the weekend in England. He was BVI Governor from July 1974 to October 1978, and the 1977 Silver Jubilee Royal Visit took place during his tenure.

He returned to the BVI in 1993 as member of  the Constitutional Commission; the other members were former BVI Deputy Governor, Mr. Alford Penn and Montserrat’s Speaker of the House Dr. Howard Fergus. At the time he expressed his views on constitutional advancement and greater autonomy for the Territory. During an interview aired by ZBVI, Wallace indicated that if most powers were removed from the Governor, then it would have been as if the BVI was looking for independence.

In recent years Wallace wrote a book that will be published in the not too distant future.

The funeral is scheduled for Tuesday 25 October at 11 am at the Chichester Crematorium.