John Kelly

Who is John Kelly?

John Philip Kelly, CMG, LVO, MBE is an Irish-born British diplomat who was Governor of the British overseas territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands from October 1996 to January 2000.

Kelly was born in Tuam, County Galway and emigrated to England in 1958. He joined Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service in 1959, and served at various British embassies and high commissions, and at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London.

Kelly was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1984. In 1989, he became Deputy Governor of Bermuda and was made a Lieutenant in the Royal Victorian Order when Queen Elizabeth II visited the island in 1994. He retired from the FCO in 2000, and was awarded the CMG in the Queen's Birthday honours that year.