Offices
Preceded by Walter Wilkinson Wallace |
Governor of the British Virgin Islands 1978-1982 |
Succeeded by David Robert Barwick |
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Name | Davidson, James |
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Date of birth | 1922 |
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Date of death | 2004 |
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