element that upholds the usurpation of that part of our national territory". This led Haywood to propose a referendum to see whether islanders want to remain British or not "so we can solve the issue once and for all". A referendum was subsequently held in March 2013 in which 99.8% of the islanders voted to remain a British Overseas Territory. Following the vote Haywood said, "Obviously it is a major principle of the United Nations that a people have their right to self-determination, and you don't get a much clearer expression of the people's self-determination than such a large turnout and such a large 'yes' vote." In late 2012, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office announced that Haywood would be leaving the Falkland Islands in April 2014, to be replaced as Governor and Commissioner by Colin Roberts. From 2015, Haywood undertook a PhD studying the Falklands Fritillary Butterfly which required him to revisit the islands several times. References |- |- 1955 births Alumni of New College, Oxford Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Estonia Bards of Gorsedh Kernow Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order Commissioners for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Cornish-speaking people Governors of the Falkland Islands Living people People educated at Truro School English people of Cornish descent People from Betchworth Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class Royal Army Educational Corps officers Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Military personnel from Surrey 20th-century British Army personnel