Francis Newdegate

Francis Alexander Newdigate Newdegate ( born December 13, 1862 in London, † January 2, 1936 in Nuneaton, England) was Governor of Tasmania and Western Australia.

Life

Newdegate was born in 1862 as the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Francis William Newdigate and his wife Charlotte Elizabeth Agnes Sophia in London's Chelsea. The surname Newdegate he took in 1902 due to a testament of his uncle, available at. Newdegate attended Eton College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. From 1885-87 he undertook a journey through several colonies of the British Empire, which took him to India and Australia. In 1888 he married Elizabeth Sophia Lucia Bagot.

From 1892 to 1917 Newdegate was a member of the House of Lords for Nuneaton and Tamworth. On March 30, 1917, he was appointed Governor of Tasmania. His nearly three-year tenure was, on the whole uneventful. Like its two predecessors in the office of the Tasmanian Governor, he was subsequently appointed governor of Western Australia. He founded the airmail service North - West air mail service and was on the first flight even on board. He enterprising several long trips and supported the development plans of his Prime Minister James Mitchell.

On June 16, 1924 Newdegate left after the end of his tenure, Australia and returned to England. He died on 2 January 1936.

The town of Newdegate, Western Australia is named after him.

Awards

  • Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (1917 )
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (1925 )
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