| Reginald James Wallace | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | CMG OBE |
| Order: | Governor of the Gilbert Islands |
| Term Start: | 1 October 1978 |
| Term End: | 12 July 1979 |
| Predecessor: | John Hilary Smith |
| Successor: | Office abolished Kiribati independence |
| Birth Date: | 16 August 1919[1] |
| Birth Place: | Coventry, West Midlands, England[2] |
| Death Date: | (age 93) |
| Death Place: | Gibraltar |
Reginald James Wallace (16 August 1919 – 10 December 2012) was a British Colonial Service administrator. Wallace served as the last colonial Governor of the Gilbert Islands from 1978 to 12 July 1979.[3] The Gilbert Islands, which separated from the neighboring Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu) in 1975, became the independent nation of Kiribati on 12 July 1979. He also served as deputy governor of Gibraltar in his later life
Wallace died on 10 December 2012 at the age of 93.[4] He had been a resident of Gardiner's View, Gibraltar.[4]