The DCIs 11 - John Deverell (draft)

Early Life and career

John Deverell was the son of Sir Colville Deverell, who had been educated at the Portora School in Enniskillen and Trinity College Dublin before a career in the Colonial Service that ended as Governor of Mauritius.[i]

The younger Deverell began his own career in the Colonial Service as district officer in Nausori, Fiji.[ii] In 1962, …