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 ⓘ
awardReceived Companion of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order ⓘ
Victoria Cross ⓘ
linked to: The Victoria Cross
birthDate 8 July 1872 ⓘ
birthPlace Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Rothesay
burialPlace Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh ⓘ
child Patrick Murray, 2nd Earl of Gowrie ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Australia ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 2 May 1955 ⓘ
deathPlace Moulton Paddocks, Newmarket, Suffolk, England ⓘ
familyName Murray ⓘ
givenName Alexander ⓘ
honorificPrefix Brigadier-General ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank Brigadier-General ⓘ
militaryUnit Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm Edward VIII ⓘ
George V ⓘ
George VI ⓘ
nobleTitle 1st Earl of Gowrie ⓘ
Viscount of Elibank ⓘ
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 ⓘ
precededBy Sir Isaac Isaacs ⓘ
precededBy (Governor of South Australia) Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven (acting predecessors vary) ⓘ
represented British Crown ⓘ
residence Government House, Canberra ⓘ
servedDuring 1930s ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
spouse Zara Eileen Pollok ⓘ
succeededBy Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester ⓘ
succeededBy (Governor of South Australia) Sir Winston Dugan ⓘ

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