Tom Macan

{{short description|British diplomat (born 1946)}}

{{for multi|the American coach|Tom McCann|the shoe brand|Thom McAn}}

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|office = Governor of the British Virgin Islands

|monarch = Elizabeth II

|premier = Ralph T. O'Neal
Orlando Smith

|term_start = 14 October 2004

|term_end = 10 April 2006

|predecessor = Frank Savage

|successor = David Pearey

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|11|14|df=y}}[https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-25272?rskey=6XHjD6&result=2 Who's Who: MACAN, Thomas Townley]

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(2004-2006)

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Thomas Townley Macan (born 14 November 1946) was Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the British Virgin Islands, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean Sea, from 14 October 2004 to 10 April 2006. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and the University of Sussex.{{cite web |url=http://www.osclub.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=overseascontacts.index |title=The Old Salopian Club |accessdate=2009-09-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100303011713/http://www.osclub.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=overseascontacts.index |archivedate=2010-03-03 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000011/001191.htm |title=Caribbean Net News: Last day on the job for BVI governor |accessdate=2009-09-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201074944/http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000011/001191.htm |archivedate=2009-02-01 }}

On the advice of the British government, he was appointed by Queen Elizabeth II to represent the Queen in the territory and to act as the de facto head of state.{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-83804771.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026130318/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-83804771.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 October 2012|title=NEW GOVERNOR.(Tom Macan, British Virgin Islands)(Brief Article)|accessdate=24 January 2016}}