David Pearey Explained

David Pearey
Office:Governor of the British Virgin Islands
Premier:Orlando Smith
Ralph T. O'Neal
Predecessor:Tom Macan
Successor:William Boyd McCleary
Birth Date:15 July 1948
Office1:High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Malawi
Monarch1:Elizabeth II
Primeminister1:Tony Blair
Successor1:Richard Wildash
Predecessor1:Norman Ling
Spouse:Susan Pearey
Children:1
Alma Mater:Corpus Christi College, Oxford
David Pearey
(2006-2010)
Dipstyle:His Excellency
Offstyle:Your Excellency
Altstyle:Sir

David Pearey (born 15 July 1948) was the Governor of the British Virgin Islands from 18 April 2006 to 5 August 2010. He was appointed by Queen Elizabeth II on the advice of the British government, to represent the Queen in the territory, and to act as the de facto head of state.

Prior to his appointment as governor, Pearey served as High Commissioner to Malawi from 2004 to 2005.

Education and personal life

Pearey was educated at the University of Oxford, where he studied PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) at Corpus Christi College.

He has a wife, Susan, and one daughter Poppy who studies Archaeology and Anthropology at Keble College, University of Oxford following in her father’s footsteps.

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