Thomas Alexander Vans Best

Sir Thomas Alexander Vans Best KCMG KBE
Governor of the Windward Islands
In office 1930–1935
Preceded by	Sir Frederick Seton James
Succeeded by	Sir Selwyn MacGregor Grier
Personal details
Born	(1870-10-08)8 October 1870 United Kingdom
Died	24 November 1941(1941-11-24) (aged 71)
Spouse	Lady Helena Leopoldine Montagu

Sir Thomas Alexander Vans Best, KCMG, KBE (8 October 1870 – 24 November 1941)[1] was a British colonial administrator.

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.

References

1. "DFB".
2. Garvey, Marcus. The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers. p. 213.
3. "No. 33179". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 July 1926. p. 4415.
4. "No. 33785". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1932. p. 5.