Maurice Henry Dorman

Sir Maurice Henry Dorman GCMG GCVO DL (7 August 1912 – 26 October 1993) was a British colonial administrator and diplomat who governed the Commonwealth Realms of Tanganyika Territory, Trinidad and Tobago, Sierra Leone, and Malta.

Maurice Henry Dorman was born in Stafford, England, on 7 August 1912. He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge.^[1] He married Monica Smith, with whom he had four children.^[2]

In the Tanganyika Territory Dorman was an administrative officer from 1935 to 1940, and Clerk of Councils from 1940 to 1945. He was the assistant to Lieutenant Governor of Malta David Campbell from 1945 to 1947. In Mandatory Palestine he was a Principal Assistant Secretary in 1947. From 1952 to 1956, he was the colonial secretary in Trinidad and Tobago.^[2]

In 1954, Dorman was selected as acting governor of Trinidad and Tobago and served until 1956. Dorman was appointed as the colonial governor of the Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate in 1956, and was retained his position after the independence of Sierra Leone until 7 July 1962. On 21 September 1964, he became the first Governor-General of Malta and held the position until 21 June 1971.^[1][2] Diplomatic relations were established between West Germany and Malta during his tenure on 16 February 1965.^[3]

Dorman was a trustee of the Imperial War Museum from 1972 to 1985. He was an almoner in the Order of Saint John from 1972 to 1975.^[2]

Dorman returned to the United Kingdom after serving on the Pearce Commission and retired from governmental work. He died on 26 October 1993.^[1]