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{{short description|British diplomat (born 1946)}}
{{for multi|the American coach|Tom McCann|the shoe brand|Thom McAn}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name             = Tom Macan 
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|office           = [[Governor of the British Virgin Islands]]
|monarch          = [[Elizabeth II]]
|premier          = [[Ralph T. O'Neal]] <br> [[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}}<ref>[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]</ref>
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{{Infobox viceroy styles
| image    = [[File:Flag of the Governor of the British Virgin Islands.svg|150px]]
| name     = Tom Macan<br>(2004-2006)
| dipstyle = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]
| offstyle = Your Excellency
| altstyle = Sir
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'''Thomas Townley Macan''' (born 14 November 1946) was [[Governor of the British Virgin Islands|Governor and Commander-in-Chief]]  of the [[British Virgin Islands]], an [[British overseas territory|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]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> 

On the advice of the [[British government]], he was appointed by [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] to represent the Queen in the territory and to act as the ''[[de facto]]'' [[head of state]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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[[Category:1946 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Governors of the British Virgin Islands]]
[[Category:People educated at Shrewsbury School]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Sussex]]

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