Sir John Thorp knighted in 1959. He served as Governor of Seychelles from 1958 until his death by drowning at Grand Anse in August 1961. Sir John Thorp was born in 1912 in Co. Carlow Ireland. He was educated at Dublin and Cambridge Universities. He joined Colonial Service in Kenya in 1935, serving there until appointed Administrator of St. Lucia 1953-1957.