Lord Gowrie

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Lord Gowrie was the 10th Governor-General of Australia, serving as the British Crown’s representative during much of the 1930s and World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Governor-General of Australia
person
allegiance United Kingdom
appointedBy George VI NERFINISHED
awardReceived Companion of the Order of the Bath NERFINISHED
Distinguished Service Order
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George NERFINISHED
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order NERFINISHED
Victoria Cross NERFINISHED
birthDate 8 July 1872
birthPlace Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland NERFINISHED
burialPlace Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh NERFINISHED
child Patrick Murray, 2nd Earl of Gowrie NERFINISHED
conflict World War I
countryOfCitizenship Australia
United Kingdom
deathDate 2 May 1955
deathPlace Moulton Paddocks, Newmarket, Suffolk, England NERFINISHED
familyName Murray NERFINISHED
givenName Alexander
honorificPrefix Brigadier-General
memberOf House of Lords
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank Brigadier-General
militaryUnit Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders NERFINISHED
monarchDuringTerm Edward VIII NERFINISHED
George V NERFINISHED
George VI NERFINISHED
nobleTitle 1st Earl of Gowrie NERFINISHED
Viscount of Elibank NERFINISHED
notableFor being the only Governor-General of Australia to hold the Victoria Cross
serving as Governor-General of Australia during most of World War II
officeEndTime 30 January 1945
officeEndTime (Governor of South Australia) 1936
officeStartTime 23 January 1936
officeStartTime (Governor of South Australia) 1934
ordinalInOffice 10th Governor-General of Australia
positionHeld Governor of South Australia
Governor-General of Australia NERFINISHED
precededBy Sir Isaac Isaacs NERFINISHED
precededBy (Governor of South Australia) Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven (acting predecessors vary) NERFINISHED
represented British Crown NERFINISHED
residence Government House, Canberra NERFINISHED
servedDuring 1930s
World War II NERFINISHED
spouse Zara Eileen Pollok NERFINISHED
succeededBy Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester NERFINISHED
succeededBy (Governor of South Australia) Sir Winston Dugan NERFINISHED

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