Harry Barron

Sir Harry Barron
Sir Harry Barron
10th Governor of Tasmania
	In office; September 1909 – March 1913
Preceded by	Gerald Strickland
Succeeded by	William Ellison-Macartney
16th Governor of Western Australia
	In office; 17 March 1913 – 8 April 1917
Premier	John Scaddan (1913–16); Frank Wilson (1916–17)
Preceded by	Gerald Strickland
Succeeded by	William Ellison-Macartney
Personal details
Born	11 August 1847; Denmark Hill, Surrey, England
Died	27 March 1921 (aged 73); Weybridge, Surrey, England
Spouse	Clara Emily Kelly

Major General Sir Harry Barron KCMG CVO (11 August 1847 – 27 March 1921) was Governor of Tasmania from 1909 to 1913, and Governor of Western Australia from 1913 to 1917.^[1]

Life

Barron was born in 1847 and he attended Stubbington House School^[2] and in 1877 he married Clara Emily, daughter of Major General T. Conyngham Kelly, C.B.; they had a daughter.

Barron was Governors 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. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "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.

Government offices
Preceded by Sir Gerald Strickland	Governor of Tasmania 1909–1913	Succeeded by Sir William Ellison-Macartney
Preceded by Sir Gerald Strickland	Governor of Western Australia 1913–1917	Succeeded by Sir William Ellison-Macartney

[HarryBolton-1] Bolton, G. C. (1979). "Barron, Sir Harry (1847 - 1921)". Melbourne University Publishing. pp. 190–191. Retrieved 31 January 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[2] "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)

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v t e Governors of Tasmania
Lieutenant-Governors of Van Diemen's Land	Collins Davey Sorell Arthur Franklin Eardley-Wilmot Denison
Before Federation	Young Browne Du Cane Weld Strahan Hamilton Viscount Gormanston
After Federation	Havelock Strickland Barron Ellison-Macartney Newdegate Allardyce O'Grady Clark Binney Cross Baron Rowallan Gairdner Bastyan Burbury Plimsoll Bennett Green Butler Cox Underwood Warner Baker

v t e Governors of Western Australia
Before Federation	Stirling Hutt Clarke Irwin Fitzgerald Kennedy Hampton Pine Weld Robinson Ord Robinson Broome Robinson Smith
After Federation	Lawley Bedford Strickland Barron Ellison-Macartney Newdegate Campion Mitchell Gairdner Kendrew Edwards Kyle Trowbridge Reid Burt Jeffery J. Sanderson Michael McCusker K. Sanderson Beazley Dawson