Harry Barron
Appearance
Sir Harry Barron | |
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10th Governor of Tasmania | |
In office 29 September 1909 – 9 March 1913 | |
Monarchs | Edward VII George V |
Preceded by | Sir Gerald Strickland |
Succeeded by | Sir William Ellison-Macartney |
16th Governor of Western Australia | |
In office 17 March 1913 – 8 April 1917 | |
Monarch | George V |
Premier | John Scaddan (1913–16) Frank Wilson (1916–17) |
Preceded by | Sir Gerald Strickland |
Succeeded by | Sir William Ellison-Macartney |
Personal details | |
Born | 11 August 1847 Denmark Hill, Surrey, England |
Died | 27 March 1921 Weybridge, Surrey, England | (aged 73)
Spouse | Clara Emily Kelly |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Branch/service | British Army |
Years of service | 1867–1909 |
Rank | Major General |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
Major General Sir Harry Barron, KCMG, CVO (11 August 1847 – 27 March 1921) was a British Army officer who served as Governor of Tasmania from 1909 to 1913, and Governor of Western Australia from 1913 to 1917.[1]
Life
Barron was born in 1847 and attended Stubbington House School.[2] In 1877 he married Clara Emily, daughter of Major General T. Conyngham Kelly; they had one daughter.
Barron was Governor of Tasmania from 1909 to 1913, and Governor of Western Australia from 1913 to 1917.
In 1920, he was made colonel commandant of the Royal Artillery.[1]
References
Notes
- ^ a b Bolton, G. C. (1979). "Barron, Sir Harry (1847–1921)". Melbourne University Publishing. pp. 190–191. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
- ^ "BARRON, Maj.-Gen. Sir Harry". Who Was Who. -A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press. December 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2012.(subscription required)
General references
- A. B. Keith, Responsible Government in the Dominions, vol 1 (Oxford, 1928); Mercury (Hobart), 28 Dec 1912; West Australian (Perth), 13 Mar 1913, 3–8, 26, 27 Feb 1917.
Categories:
- 1847 births
- 1921 deaths
- People from Denmark Hill
- Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
- Royal Artillery officers
- British Army major generals
- Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order
- Governors of Tasmania
- Governors of Western Australia
- Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- People educated at Stubbington House School