Reginald James Wallace (16 August 1919 – 10 December 2012) was a British Colonial Service administrator. Wallace served as the last colonial Governor of the Gilbert Islands from 1978 to 12 July 1979. The Gilbert Islands, which separated from the neighboring Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu) in 1975, became the independent nation of Kiribati on 12 July 1979. He also served as deputy governor of Gibraltar in his later life

Wallace died on 10 December 2012 at the age of 93. He had been a resident of Gardiner's View, Gibraltar.

Reginald James Wallace

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1919 births

2012 deaths

Gilbert and Ellice Islands people

Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George

Officers of the Order of the British Empire

History of Kiribati

British emigrants to Gibraltar

British colonial governors and administrators in Oceania

Governors of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands

Reginald James Wallace