Sir Colville Montgomery Deverell GBE KCMG CVO (21 February 1907 in Dublin, Ireland – 18 December 1995 in Wokingham, Berkshire, England[1]) was an Irish cricketer and colonial administrator.

Cricket

A right-handed batsman,[1] he played just once for the Ireland cricket team, against the MCC in August 1930.[2] He played one first-class match, playing for Dublin University against Northamptonshire in 1926. In the match, he opened the batting with Irish playwright Samuel Beckett.[3]

Politics

Later in life, he served as Governor of the Windward Islands. He was 28th Governor of Mauritius from 2 November 1959 to 10 July 1962.[4]

He was secretary-general of the International Planned Parenthood Federation.[3]

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 Cricket Archive profile
  2. CricketEurope Stats Zone profile Archived 2011-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. 1 2 Cricinfo profile
  4. "Mauritius".
  5. OBITUARY: Sir colville Deverell (23 December 1995). "The Independent UK". The Independent UK. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
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