Facts: - monarch: george vi george vi elizabeth ii elizabeth ii - predecessor: sir vincent glenday none -lrb- new office -rrb- philip mitchell sir john nicoll -lrb- acting -rrb- - birth date: 8 june 1907 - order: acting acting 9th 1st - death date: 19 february 1987 - spouse: janet death -rrb- grace austin -lrb- 1939 -- 1976 , her - office: governor governor of western nigeria of fiji governor of fiji resident of zanzibar - term end: 4 may 1944 1 january 1945 1954 july 1960 - name: john dalzell rankine - premier: obafemi awolowo samuel akintola - successor: sir henry steven potter sir adesoji aderemi john nicoll -lrb- acting -rrb- sir alexander grantham - nationality: british - occupation: colonial administrator - alma mater: exeter college , oxford - namedata: khalifa bin harub - blankname: sultan of zanzibar - children: 1 daughter - term start: 12 1954 january 1944 23 october 1944 1952 1 october Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john rankine -lrb- governor -rrb- .
sir john dalzell rankine , cmg , kcmg , kcvo , kstj -lrb- 8 june 1907 -- 19 february 1987 -rrb- was a british colonial administrator .