{{Short description|New Zealand historian (1932–2022)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox academic | name = David McIntyre | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|OBE|size=100%}} | image = W. David Mcintyre circa. 1950.png | alt = | caption = McIntyre, {{circa|1960}} | birth_name = William David McIntyre | birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|09|04|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Hucknall]], England | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|09|11|1932|09|04|df=y}} | death_place = [[Lower Hutt]], New Zealand | occupation = | period = | known_for = | spouse = | children = | relatives = | alma_mater = [[SOAS University of London|University of London]] | thesis_title = British policy in west Africa, the Malay peninsula and the south Pacific during the secretaryships of Lord Kimberley and Lord Carnarvon 1870–1876 | thesis_url = https://library.soas.ac.uk/Record/10000832 | thesis_year = 1959 | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | influences = | discipline = History | sub_discipline = | workplaces = [[University of Nottingham]]<br>[[University of Canterbury]] | doctoral_students = | main_interests = British Empire / Commonwealth constitutional and military history | notable_works = | notable_ideas = | influenced = | notable_students = [[Allan Peachey]] }}
'''William David McIntyre''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|OBE|size=100%}} (4 September 1932 – 11 September 2022) was a British-born New Zealand historian, known for his expertise on the military and constitutional histories of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and [[British Empire]].
==Early life and family== Born in England on 4 September 1932, McIntyre was the son of Rev. J. McIntyre,<ref name="Whos who">{{cite book |editor-last=Traue |editor-first=J. E. |editor-link=Jim Traue |title=Who's Who in New Zealand |edition=11th |year=1978 |publisher=Reed |location=Wellington |isbn=0-589-01113-8 |page=180}}</ref> a [[congregationalist]] minister. He was educated at [[Caterham School]] and went on to study at [[Peterhouse, Cambridge]], and the [[University of Washington]], earning a [[Master of Arts]] degree, and the [[SOAS University of London|School of Oriental & African Studies]] at the University of London, where he completed a [[PhD]].<ref name="Whos who"/> His 1959 doctoral thesis was titled ''British policy in west Africa, the Malay peninsula and the south Pacific during the secretaryships of Lord Kimberley and Lord Carnarvon 1870–1876''.
In 1957, McIntyre married Marion Jean Hillyard, an American he met while at the University of Washington, and they went on to have five children.<ref name="Whos who"/>
==Career== McIntyre was a teaching fellow at the University of Washington from 1955 to 1956. After completing his PhD, in 1959 he became an assistant lecturer, and later lecturer, in Commonwealth and American history at the [[University of Nottingham]].<ref name="Whos who"/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19651027.2.203 |title=University staff changes |date=27 October 1965 |work=[[The Press]] |volume=104 |issue=30892 |page=20 |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref> In 1966, he was appointed a professor in history at the [[University of Canterbury]], in [[Christchurch]], New Zealand,<ref name="Whos who"/> where he remained for the rest of his career. A notable student of McIntyre at Canterbury was politician [[Allan Peachey]].<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Peachey |first=A. F. |title=Air power and problems of sovereignty in the South Pacific, 1935-41 |date=1972 |degree=Master's |publisher=University of Canterbury |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10092/6530 |doi=10.26021/4486|hdl=10092/6530 }}</ref> He retired in 1997, and was awarded the title of [[professor emeritus]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/media/documents/academic-services/2006-uc-calendar/calendar01_general_info_staff.pdf |title=Calendar 06 |year=2006 |publisher=University of Canterbury |page=13 |access-date=15 September 2022 |archive-date=8 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208221901/https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/media/documents/academic-services/2006-uc-calendar/calendar01_general_info_staff.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hist.canterbury.ac.nz/about/history.shtml |title=A short history of the school |accessdate=19 December 2008 |publisher=[[University of Canterbury]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014043023/http://www.hist.canterbury.ac.nz/about/history.shtml |archivedate=14 October 2008 }}</ref> He continued to write and research. An expert on the constitutional and [[military history|military histories]] of the Commonwealth of Nations and British Empire, McIntyre published and advised governments. He served as consultant to the [[Committee on Commonwealth Membership]], and compiled its report which was accepted by Heads of Government at Kampala in 2007.<ref>Report of Committee on Commonwealth Membership, London, Commonwealth Secretariat, Sept 2007</ref>
In the [[1992 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|1992 Queen's Birthday Honours]], McIntyre was appointed an [[Order of the British Empire|Officer of the Order of the British Empire]], for services to historical research.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=52953 |date=13 June 1992 |page=30 |supp=2}}</ref>
==Later life and death== McIntyre married his second wife in 1993. He died in [[Lower Hutt]] on 11 September 2022, aged 90 years. <ref>{{cite news |url=https://deaths.stuff.co.nz/nz/obituaries/dominion-post-nz/name/william-mcintyre-obituary?pid=202789688 |title=William McIntyre obituary |date=15 September 2022 |work=[[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|The Dominion Post]] |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref>
==Works==
===Books written=== *1966: ''Colonies into Commonwealth'' *1967: ''The Imperial Frontier in the Tropics, 1865–75'' *1969: ''Neutrality, Non-alignment, and New Zealand'' *1969: ''Britain, New Zealand and the Security of South-East Asia in the 1970s'' *1970: ''Britain and the Commonwealth since 1907'' *1973: ''The Commonwealth: Its past, present, and future'' *1977: ''The Commonwealth of Nations: Origins and impact, 1869–1971'' *1979: ''The Rise and Fall of Singapore Naval Base, 1919–42'' *1988: ''New Zealand Prepares for War: Defence Policy 1919–39'' *1991: ''The Significance of the Commonwealth, 1965-90'' *1995: ''Background to the ANZUS Pact: Policy-making, strategy, and diplomacy, 1945–55'' *1998: ''British Decolonization, 1946–1997: When, why, and how did the British Empire fall?'' *2001: ''A Guide to the Contemporary Commonwealth'' *2002: ''When, if ever, did New Zealand become Independent?'' *2006: ''Shifting starr: A Presbyterian drama: St Andrew's at Rangi Ruru 1956-2006'' *2007: ''Dominion of New Zealand: Statesmen and status, 1907-1945'' *2009: ''The Britannic vision: historians and the making of the British Commonwealth of nations, 1907-48'' *2014: ''Winding up the British Empire in the Pacific Islands''
===Books edited=== *1971: ''Speeches and Documents on New Zealand History'' *1980: ''The Journal of Henry Sewell, 1853–7''
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