Colonel Ratu The Hon Sir Etuate Tu'ivanavou Tugi Cakobau, KBE Posted 23 Nov 2010 by beau_family

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H.M. King George Tupou II, also had issue, by Adi Litia Cakobau (b. 1876; d. at Bau, Fiji, 6th December 1952), who had been sent to Tonga as a "trial bride", but whom he then failed to wed, second daughter of Ratu The Hon Timoci Tavanavanua, sometime Fijian Minister for War & Police, by his wife, Adi Tupoutu'a, daughter of The Hon 'Inoke Fotu, sometime Judge of Vava'u: Copyright© Christopher Buyers

2) Colonel Ratu The Hon Sir Etuate Tu'ivanavou Tugi Cakobau, KBE (c 1.1.1971, CBE c 1.1.1966, OBE m 29.6.1954), MC (7.12.1944), ED (26.9.1958)* (26.9.1958). b. at Draiba, Bau, Fiji, 21st December 1908, educ. Victoria Coll., Fiji, Wanganui Tech. Coll., NZ, and Wadham Coll., Oxford. Teacher 1931-1933, Asst. Master Queen Victoria Sch. 1934-1936, Native Affairs Ofcr. 1936-1937, Asst. Cmsnr. Lomaiviti 1937-1939, Mbr. Fiji Cncl. of Chiefs 1938-1973, Roko Tu'i of Lomaiviti 1939, MLC 1942, and 1945-1973, Lieut. Fiji Military Forces 1942, prom. Capt. 1st Btn. FMF 1942-1943, Coy. Cdr. 3rd Btn. 1943-1944, served in WW2 in Solomons campaign and Western Pacific (rcvd: MID, MC, 39/45 and Pacific stars, Defence and War medals), Mbr. Fiji Affairs Brd. 1945, Rehabilitation Ofcr. 1945-1946, D/O at Stu 1949-1952 and 1954-1955, served in the Malay Emergency as 2nd-in-cmd. Fiji Infantry Regt. 1952-1953 and Btn. Cdr. 1953-1954 (rcvd: MID, OBE, GSM), prom. Lt-Col. 1953, OC 2nd (T) Btn. FIR 1954-1960, Cmsnr. for Eastern Fiji & Reserves 1961-1962, Dep. Sec. for Fijian Affairs 1962-1965, Minister for Labour 1966-1973, Dep. Prime Minister 1971-1973. Hon. Col. 1st (Territorial) Btn. Fiji Infantry Regt. 1963-1973. Rcvd: Coron (1937 and 1953), and Fiji Independence (1970) medals. m. Adi Waisimaca Tu'iburelevu, Lady Cakobau (d. before 23rd March 2001, bur. Nausori, Taileva, Fiji), daughter of Ratu Ilaitia Toroca, by his wife, Adi Aniseini Vakaoca, fourth daughter of Ratu The Hon Timoci Tavanavanua, sometime Fijian Minister for War & Police. He d. at Suva, Fiji, 25th June 1973, having had issue, three sons:

a) Brigadier-General The Hon Ratu Epeli Qaraninamu Nailatikau, LVO (16.2.1977), OBE (m 31.12.1979), MSD (1988), OStJ (30.1.1986), CSM. b. at Levuka, Fiji, 5th July 1941, educ. Bau Dist. Sch., Draiba Fijian Sch., Levuka Public Sch., and Queen Victoria Sch., Suva, Fiji, and at Oxford Univ. Cmsnd. 2nd Lieut. 1st Btn. Fiji Inf. Regt., seconded 1st Btn. RNZ Inf. Regt. 1963, served in Sarawak "Konfrontasi" Ops., ADC to the Governor of Fiji, Equerry to the Prince of Wales 1970, CO 1st Btn. Fiji Inf. Regt., CO Fiji Contingent UN Interim Force in Lebanon 1978, Cdr. RFMF 1982-1987, Fijian Ambassador at the Court of St James's (conc. to Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Israel and the Holy See), High Cmsnr., Sec. MOFA, Ambassador-at-Large 1998-1999, Permanent Sec. for Foreign Affairs & External Trade 1999-2000, Dep. Prime Minister & Minister for Fijian Affairs 2000-2001, Speaker of the House of Reps. 2001-2006, Chair. Commonwealth Observer Group for the elections in Guyana 2006, UNAIDS Special Representative for the Pacific since 2005, Interim Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Co-operation and Civil Aviation since 2007. Trustee Fiji Rugby Union. Rcvd: QEII GSM (with Malaya clasp) (1963), Fiji Independence (1970), QEII Silver Jubilee (1977), UN Service (1978), Fiji GSM (1992), Fiji 25th Anniversary of Independence (1995), GC of the Order of the Crown of Tonga (31.7.2008), King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV Coron. Silver Jubilee (4.7.1992) and King George Tupou V Coron. (31.7.2008) medals, etc. m. 1981, Adi The Hon Koila Josephine Vasemaca Nailatikau (b. 1953), rcvd: GC of the Order of the Crown of Tonga (31.7.2008), King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV Coron. Silver Jubilee (4.7.1992) and King George Tupou V Coron. (31.7.2008) medals, MP for Lau 1999-2000, Minister for Tourism & Transport 1999-2000, Senator since 2001, second daughter of H.E. Ratu The Rt Hon. Sir Kamisese Kapaiwai Tuimaicilai Mara, Tu'i Nayau, PC, GCMG, KBE, CF, KStJ, MSD, sometime President-General and C-in-C of Fiji, by his wife, H.E. Adi Litia Lalabalavu Kaloafutoga, Lady Mara, Roko Tu'i Dreketi of Burebasaga, daughter of Captain The Hon Ratu George Cokanauto Tuisawau, OBE, Roko Tu'i Dreketi of Burebasaga. He has issue, one son and one daughter:

i) Ratu Kamisese Vuna Nailatikau. b. at Suva, Fiji, 15th May 1983, educ. Marist Brothers' Sch., Suva.

b) Ratu The Hon George Tu'uakitau Cokanauto. b. 5th June 1945, educ. Levuka and Wanganui Tech. Coll. New Zealand. Presdt. of the Senate 1992, MP for Tailevu North Ovalau Open 1999-2000, Minister for Housing & Urban Dvpt. 2000, for Housing, Local Government & the Environment 2000-2001, Mbr. Native Land Trust Brd. 2003, Hon. Consul for Greece in Suva. m. (first) Taraivosa. m. (second) Adi Senimili Rokolewasau, former wife of Ratu Etuate Kikau Tu'ivanavou, and daughter of Ratu Tevita Ulailakeba, Tu'i Nayau and Tu'i Lau, by Silipa Raikoro. He has issue, one son.

c) Ratu Keni Vuiyasawa.

1967 Tongan Palace Ratu Edward Cakobau, Ratu George Cakobau, King Taufaahau Tupou, Ratu Kamisese Mara, Ratu Penaia Ganilau, Pat

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Posted 09 Feb 2012 by beau_family

Ratu (Prince) Sir Edward Cakobau, died in Suva, Fiji, on June 25 at the age of 64. Deputy Prime Minister of Fiji, he had played first-class cricket for Auckland and also for my Fiji team touring New Zealand in 1948. He joined this tour halfway through on his return from an administrative course at Wadham, Oxford, and when my vice-captain, Ratu Sir George Cakobau, GCMG, (now Governor General of Fiji) broke his toe batting barefoot shortly after his cousin joined the team Ratu Sir Edward acted as vice-captain. He was the only Fijian to have been seen playing in this country - for Sir Pelham Warner's X1 and other teams by arrangement with Arthur Langford - barefoot and in the characteristic sulu (white knee-length skirt). Son of King George 11 of Tonga (he was Queen Salote's half-brother and uncle of the present King) and of Adi Cakobau, the leading Chieftainess of Fiji, he went to Wanganui College, New Zealand. Awarded the MC fighting against the Japanese in the Solomon Islands, he was only the second Fijian to be a District Commissioner. President of the Fiji Cricket Association and manager of the Fiji Rugby Touring Team which almost defeated Wales in 1964, he had represented Fiji at the Coronations of King George VI and the present Queen. When the Colony became an Independent Dominion in 1970, he became KBE and Deputy Prime Minister, acting frequently for the Prime Minister (Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, another first-class cricketer) during the latter's absences abroad. It was his great-grandfather, Ratu Seru Cakobau, the only King of Fiji, who had given Fiji to Britain 99 years ago. Ratu Sir Edward was a batsman of imposing style with a high, almost circular back lift: he was very strong on the off. His bowling was a facsimile of D'Oliveira's. Before high office totally occupied him he coached a number of Fijians who later went on representative tours of New Zealand. Captaining Fiji against a visiting New Zealand side in 1937, he scored the only century to be made against any representative side touring Fiji. (There have been fewer than half a dozen such representative visits in Fiji's 100 years of cricket). A wholly charming personality, greatly in social demand, not least as raconteur, Ratu Sir Edward's anecdotes in soft, perfect English, often making fun of the notorious cannibalism of his ancestors, provided universal amusement.

Frank Sibbles, The Cricketer, September 1973

UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960

Colonel Ratu The Hon Sir Etuate Tu'ivanavou Tugi Cakobau, KBE

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