one of the foremost holders. West Indies He acted as British governor of Trinidad and Tobago between 19 April 1950 and June 1955. He is author of two reports published by the Colonial Office in London in 1950: Development and welfare in the West Indies, 1947-49 and Report of the British Caribbean Standing Closer Association Committee, 1948-49. In May 1956, he published an article on Burma’s Economic Problems in the Eastern World. Hubert Rance Street in Vistabella, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago was named in his honour. Death Rance died on 24 January 1974 at the age of 75. References Sources Clive Christie, The Karens in Turbulent Times and Enduring People (2000) ed. Jean Michaud William Roger Louis, Dissolution of the British Empire in The Oxford History of the British Empire (1999) ed. Brown, Louis, Low Burma: The Curse of Independence (2001) British in Burma (Encyclopædia Britannica) King's College Military Archives DNB articles on U Nu and Dorman-Smith Further reading Time magazine describes Rance's departure from Burma History of Myanmar Governors of Trinidad and Tobago 1898 births 1974 deaths Burma in World War II Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Companions of the Order of the Bath British Army generals British Army personnel of World War I British Army personnel of World War II Administrators in British Burma Worcestershire Regiment officers People educated at Wimbledon College Royal Corps of Signals officers Place of birth missing Place of death missing