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- .
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sir john dalzell rankine , cmg , kcmg , kcvo , kstj -lrb- 8 june 1907 -- 19 february 1987 -rrb- was a british colonial administrator .