Governor-General of the Union of South Africa

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head of state vice-regal office

The Governor-General of the Union of South Africa was the British monarch’s representative and de facto head of state in South Africa from its formation in 1910 until it became a republic in 1961.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Governor-General of the Union of South Africa canonical	16
Goewerneur-generaal van die Unie van Suid-Afrika	1
Governor-General of the Union of South Africa (acting)	1
Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, 1914	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of state ⓘ vice-regal office ⓘ
abolishedFollowing	1960 South African republic referendum ⓘ surface form: South African republic referendum, 1960 proclamation of the Republic of South Africa in 1961 ⓘ
appointedBy	British monarch ⓘ monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
category	Governors-General of South Africa ⓘ
constitutingInstrument	South Africa Act 1909 ⓘ
country	Dominion of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Union of South Africa
deFactoHeadOfState	true ⓘ
dissolved	1961 ⓘ
existedDuring	Edward VIII ⓘ surface form: reign of Edward VIII reign of Elizabeth II ⓘ George V ⓘ surface form: reign of George V reign of George VI ⓘ
firstOfficeHolder	Herbert Gladstone ⓘ surface form: Herbert John Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone
flagUsed	Governor-General's flag of the Union of South Africa ⓘ Royal Standard of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Royal Standard of the United Kingdom (until adoption of distinct standard)
formationContext	establishment of the Union of South Africa under the South Africa Act 1909 ⓘ
governmentalFunction	appointing the Prime Minister of South Africa ⓘ dissolving Parliament of the Union of South Africa ⓘ granting royal assent to South African legislation ⓘ
inception	1910 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Dominion of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Union of South Africa
lastOfficeHolder	Charles Robberts Swart ⓘ
nativeLabel	Governor-General of the Union of South Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Goewerneur-generaal van die Unie van Suid-Afrika
nativeLanguage	Afrikaans ⓘ
officeHolderTitle	Governor-General ⓘ
officeLocation	Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ surface form: Pretoria
officeType	colonial-era constitutional office ⓘ
partOf	Commonwealth realm system of government (until 1961) ⓘ
predecessorOffice	Governor of Natal ⓘ Governor of the Cape Colony ⓘ Governor of the Orange River Colony ⓘ Administrator of the Transvaal ⓘ surface form: Lieutenant-Governor of the Transvaal
replacedBy	State President of South Africa ⓘ
represented	British Crown ⓘ monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
residence	Government House, Pretoria ⓘ Groote Schuur ⓘ surface form: Groote Schuur, Cape Town
roleOf	British monarch's representative in South Africa ⓘ
seatOfGovernment	Union buildings, Pretoria ⓘ surface form: Union Buildings, Pretoria
secondarySeat	Cape Town ⓘ
style	His Excellency ⓘ
succeededBy	office of the State President of South Africa ⓘ
termLength	at His Majesty's pleasure ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

High Commissioner for Southern Africa → officeHolderAlsoHeld → Governor-General of the Union of South Africa ⓘ

Lord Wavell → positionHeld → Governor-General of the Union of South Africa ⓘ

Prince Arthur of Connaught → positionHeld → Governor-General of the Union of South Africa ⓘ

State President of South Africa → replaced → Governor-General of the Union of South Africa ⓘ

Charles Robberts Swart → positionHeld → Governor-General of the Union of South Africa ⓘ

Charles Robberts Swart → precededBy → Governor-General of the Union of South Africa ⓘ

Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone → positionHeld → Governor-General of the Union of South Africa ⓘ

Earl of Athlone → positionHeld → Governor-General of the Union of South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone

South Africa Act 1909 → createdOffice → Governor-General of the Union of South Africa ⓘ

Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa → appointedBy → Governor-General of the Union of South Africa ⓘ

Governor-General of the Union of South Africa → nativeLabel → Governor-General of the Union of South Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Goewerneur-generaal van die Unie van Suid-Afrika

The Viscount Buxton → positionHeld → Governor-General of the Union of South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Sydney Buxton, 1st Viscount Buxton

The Viscount Buxton → officeStart → Governor-General of the Union of South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Sydney Buxton, 1st Viscount Buxton

this entity surface form: Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, 1914

The Viscount Buxton → associatedOffice → Governor-General of the Union of South Africa ⓘ

The Earl of Athlone → positionHeld → Governor-General of the Union of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governor-General of the Union of South Africa (acting)

Herbert Gladstone → positionHeld → Governor-General of the Union of South Africa ⓘ

Administrator of the Cape Province → appointedBy → Governor-General of the Union of South Africa ⓘ

Administrator of the Cape Province → subordinateTo → Governor-General of the Union of South Africa ⓘ

Prince Alexander of Teck → positionHeld → Governor-General of the Union of South Africa ⓘ