Background
ALLAN, Colin was born on October 23, 1921 in Wellington, New Zealand. Son of John Calder Allan and Mabel Eastwood.
ALLAN, Colin was born on October 23, 1921 in Wellington, New Zealand. Son of John Calder Allan and Mabel Eastwood.
Hamilton High School, Canterbury University, Magdalene College, Cambridge University.
Assistant Secretary Western Pacific High Commission 1957-1958. Assistant Resident Commander New Hebrides 1959-1966, Resident Commander 1966-1973. Governor and Commander in Chief Seychelles, Commander British Indian Ocean Temtory 1973-1976.
Governor Solomon Islands and High Commissioner for Western Pacific 1976-1978.
Visiting Fellow Australian National University. Chairman 1986); Visiting Lecturer Auckland University, University of North.S.W., University of Otago.
Commander l’ordre National du Merite 1966.
Leprosy Trust Board, New Zealand. New Zealand Advisory Council to Archbishop, Province of Melanesia 1982.
Married Betty Dorothy Evans in 1955.