Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland
Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland ( born May 24 1861 in Valletta, † August 22 1940 in Attard, Malta) was a British colonial administrator, politician and Maltese politician and Prime Minister of Malta.
Studies and early political activities in Malta
After studying in Malta, the UK and Italy, he took part in the early political life of Malta. He was accompanying a delegation led by Fortunato Mizzi, who requested the establishment of a Legislative Assembly in London. The result of this request was the new constitution of 1887. During the same year he was elected as representatives of the nobility and landowners in the State Council. From 1888 to 1902 he was then Chief Secretary of Government.
Strickland was also the owner and director of a printing company and the daily newspaper "The Times of Malta ".
British colonial administrator and politician
1902 Gerald Strickland joined the British Colonial Office ( Colonial Office ). First, he was Governor of the Leeward Islands until 1904 in the West Indies. Then Strickland went to Australia and was successively Governor of Tasmania ( 1904-1909 ), Western Australia ( 1909 and 1912 ) and New South Wales ( 1912-1917 ). In 1924 he was also representing the Conservative Party Member of the House for the constituency of Lancaster.
Opposition leader and Prime Minister
After returning to Malta after the guarantee of self-government Strickland founded 1921, the Anglo - Maltese Party, which merged after a few months with the Maltese Constitutional Party (MCP ) for the Conservative Party (CP ) under his chairmanship. As such, he was Leader of the Opposition from 1921 to 1927.
In the parliamentary elections in 1927, his CP achieved a majority, so that he could finish the so-called " compact " alliance of the Government of the Labour Party with its CP. From August 1927 to July 1932, he was then in place of Ugo Pasquale Mifsud. During his tenure was the establishment of the St. Luke's Hospital one of his most important projects. On the other hand, the introduction of the letter patent to a significant conflict with the Senate and later with the ecclesiastical authorities. This eventually led to the constitutional dispute 1930.
After the election defeat to Mifsud in July 1932 he was again opposition leader. This office he retained until the provisional completion of the self-administration in November 1933. According to the renewed guarantee of self-government by the new Constitution in 1939 he was elected chairman of the elected majority party in the governing council.
Awards
- Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (1889 )
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (1913 )
- Peer of the British Empire as the " first Baron Strickland "
- 6 Count Della Catena