 The British Virgin Islands had formerly had a Legislative Council, but it had been dissolved in 1901 largely due to lack of interest, and the Territory had been governed directly as part of the Leeward Islands.But in 1947 a fisherman from Anegada named Theodolph H Faulkner came to Tortola with his pregnant wife.He had a disagreement with the medical officer, and he went straight to the marketplace and for several nights criticised the government with mounting passion.