Born in London, Joy attended St Francis Xavier's College in
Bruges. During
World War I he served in the British Army, fighting in the
Flanders region. where his fluency in French (learnt at school) was an asset in the
joint rule with
France. Four year later he was promoted to Resident Commissioner, also becoming Consul for the Western Pacific, and joint Consul for the
Hoorn and
Wallis Islands. Joy remained in post in the New Hebrides until 1940, when he was appointed Resident Adviser to two sultans in
Aden Protectorate,
Saleh bin Ghalib Al-Qu'aiti of
Qu'aiti and
Dscha'far ibn al-Mansur al-Kathir of
Kathiri. He retired in 1953. He died in April 1974. ==References==