Dermod Murphy

Sir Dermod Art Pelly Murphy CMG OBE (10 August 1914 – 21 October 1975) was an Irish-born British colonial administrator. He was Governor of Saint Helena from 1968 to 1971.^[1]^[2]

Educated at Trinity College, Dublin and Oriel College, Oxford, Murphy entered the Colonial Service in 1938. Before being appointed to Saint Helena, he had served in Nigeria.^[1]

He was appointed OBE in 1955, CMG in 1960, and knighted in 1969.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Sir Dermod Murphy". The Times. 25 October 1975. p. 14.
^ Profile, ukwhoswho.com. Accessed 3 January 2023.

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[:0-1] "Sir Dermod Murphy". The Times. 25 October 1975. p. 14.

[2] Profile, ukwhoswho.com. Accessed 3 January 2023.

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