Military Governor being considered
Gibraltar could have a military Governor once again in 2006.
The Chronicle understands that names being considered for the post which becomes vacant in the summer include several senior military men.
Sir Francis Richards leaves in July having extended his stay for a couple of months.
The tradition of a military governor dating pack to the early 18th century was first broken with the appointment of Sir Richard Luce, who is now the Queen’s Lord Chamberlain at Buckingham Palace.
Whilst Sir Richard was a former politician and Foreign Office minister, his successor was Sir David Durie, a former civil servant from the DTI.
Sir Francis was one of Britain’s highest level civil servants having come to Gibraltar from being head of GCHQ.
Although technically the same the effect of a military governor at the Convent has tended to pass more of the political role of the day to day Convent business into the hands of the deputy Governor.
The trawl for a potential governor can take up to six months and has to be approved at the highest level in UK. Soundings are already taking place.
From The Gibraltar Chronicle - The Independent Daily First Published 1801
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