governor-general

C5324
concept

A governor-general is the representative of a monarch in a constitutional monarchy, performing ceremonial duties and certain constitutional functions on the monarch’s behalf within a specific country or territory.

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All labels observed (22)

Label Occurrences
Governor-General of India 29
Viceroy of India 27
Governor-General of New Zealand 26

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: governor-general
Generated description
A governor-general is the representative of a monarch in a constitutional monarchy, performing ceremonial duties and certain constitutional functions on the monarch’s behalf within a specific country or territory.

Instances (168)

Instance Via concept surface
Jacob De la Gardie —
Lord Canning Governor-General of India
Lord Lytton Viceroy of India
William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Baron Amherst Governor-General of India
Lord Wavell Viceroy of India
Governor-General of Swedish Pomerania colonial governorship
Lord Linlithgow Viceroy of India
Lord Irwin Viceroy of India
Sir Edmund Walker Head Governor General of the Province of Canada
John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence Viceroy of India
Konstantin von Kaufmann —
Sir Isaac Isaacs Governor-General of Australia
Patrick Duncan Governor-General
Governor-General of the Baltic provinces governor-generalship
Lord Gowrie Governor-General of Australia
1st Marquess of Hastings
surface form: Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings
Governor-General of India
Baron Porritt
surface form: Arthur Espie Porritt, 1st Baron Porritt
Governor-General of New Zealand
Sir Denis Blundell Governor-General of New Zealand
Dame Cindy Kiro Governor-General of New Zealand
Dame Patsy Reddy Governor-General of New Zealand
Sir Jerry Mateparae Governor-General of New Zealand
Dame Silvia Cartwright Governor-General of New Zealand
Sir Paul Reeves Governor-General of New Zealand
Sir Willoughby Norrie Governor-General of New Zealand
Baron Freyberg Governor-General of New Zealand
Lord Bledisloe Governor-General of New Zealand
Lord Plunket —
William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst Governor-General of India
Sir Anand Satyanand Governor-General of New Zealand
Sir Keith Holyoake Governor-General of New Zealand
Sir John Kerr Governor-General of Australia
Sir Zelman Cowen Governor-General of Australia
Sir Ninian Stephen Governor-General of Australia
Sir Bernard Fergusson Governor-General of New Zealand
Peter Cosgrove Governor-General of Australia
David Hurley governor-general of Australia
1st Marquess Cornwallis
surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Governor-General of India
Duke of Alba (governor-general) —
Paul Reeves Governor-General of New Zealand
Admiral Jean Decoux
surface form: Jean Decoux
Governor-General of French Indochina
Peter Hollingworth Governor-General of Australia
Sydney Charles Buxton Governor-General of South Africa
Sydney Buxton, 1st Viscount Buxton Governor-General
Jean Decoux Governor-General of French Indochina
Viscount Buxton
surface form: Sydney Buxton, 1st Viscount Buxton
Governor-General of South Africa
Dame Catherine Tizard
surface form: Catherine Tizard
Governor-General of New Zealand
Military Governor of Cuba colonial governorship
Captain General of Puerto Rico colonial governorship
Jacques-René de Brisay de Denonville Governor General of New France
Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George of Teck Governor-General of South Africa