Francis Newdegate - Citizendia

13th Governor of Tasmania
Francis Alexander Newdigate Newdegate

In office March 30, 1917 – February, 1920
Preceded by	William Ellison-Macartney
Succeeded by	William Lamond Allardyce
21st Governor of Western Australia
In office February, 1920 – June 16, 1924
Preceded by	William Campion
Succeeded by	William Lamond Allardyce

Born	December 31, 1862 Chelsea, London, England United Kingdom
Died	January 2, 1936 Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England United Kingdom
Spouse	Hon. The Governor of Tasmania is the representative in the Australian state of Tasmania of Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Sir William Grey Ellison-Macartney, KCMG ( 7 June 1852 &ndash 4 December 1924) was a British politician who also served as the Sir William Lamond Allardyce KCMG (14 November 1861 &ndash 10 June 1930 was a career British civil servant in the Colonial Office who served as Governor The Governor of Western Australia is the representative in Western Australia of Australia 's Monarch Queen Elizabeth II. Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Colonel Sir William Robert Campion KCMG, DSO, TD ( 3 July 1870 &ndash 2 January 1951) was a Sir William Lamond Allardyce KCMG (14 November 1861 &ndash 10 June 1930 was a career British civil servant in the Colonial Office who served as Governor Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Chelsea is an area of south-west London, England, bounded to the south by the River Thames, where its frontage runs from Chelsea Bridge along England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nuneaton is the largest town in the English county of Warwickshire, and the borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth. Geography Warwickshire is bounded to the northwest by the West Midlands Metropolitan county and Staffordshire, by Leicestershire to England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Elizabeth Sophia Lucia Bagot

Sir Francis Alexander Newdigate Newdegate GCMG (13 December 1862–2 January 1936) was Governor of Tasmania from 1917 to 1920, and Governor of Western Australia from 1920 to 1924. The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George Prince Regent (later George Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Governor of Tasmania is the representative in the Australian state of Tasmania of Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. Tasmania is an Australian island and state of the same name It is located south of the eastern side of the Continent, being separated from it by Bass The Governor of Western Australia is the representative in Western Australia of Australia 's Monarch Queen Elizabeth II. Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent.

Born in 1862, he was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Francis William Newdigate and his first wife Charlotte Elizabeth Agnes Sophia Woodford, and grandson of Francis Parker Newdigate. Lieutenant Colonel ( Lieutenant-Colonel in English from the French grade 's spelling is a rank of Commissioned officer in the armies Francis Parker Newdigate ( 14 April 1774 – 1862 was born Francis Parker. He was educated at Eton and Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1883. Eton College, or just Eton, is a world-famous British Independent school for boys founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. Sandhurst is a small town and Civil parish in England of around 7500 homes and 22000 inhabitants primarily domiciliary in nature with a few light industries The Grenadier Guards (GREN GDS is the most senior Regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, and as such is the most senior regiment of infantry He married Elizabeth Sophia Lucia Bagot on 13 October 1888. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a

He inherited estates at Arbury Hall, near Nuneaton and at Harefield, near Uxbridge on the death of his father in 1893. Arbury Hall ( is a Grade I listed Country house in Nuneaton in Warwickshire, England, and is the ancestral home of the Newdigate Nuneaton is the largest town in the English county of Warwickshire, and the borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth. Harefield is a Village in the London Borough of Hillingdon in Greater London. Uxbridge is a university town in the London Borough of Hillingdon in West London, England. He assumed the additional surname Newdegate under the terms of the will of his uncle in 1902. In 1911 he erected, at Arbury Hall, a monument to the memory of George Eliot whose father had been employed on the Arbury estate. Mary Ann (Marian Evans ( 22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880) better known by her Pen name George Eliot, was an

He was Member of Parliament for Nuneaton from 1892 to 1906, and for Tamworth from 1909 to 1917. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Tamworth is a Town and local government district in Staffordshire, England, located 14 miles (22 km north-east of Birmingham He was on 14 February 1917 appointed Steward of the Manor of Northstead (a mechanism for resigning from the House of Commons). Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Manor of Northstead was once a collection of fields and farms in the parish of Scalby in the North Riding of Yorkshire.

He was awarded the KCMG in 1917 upon his appointment as Governor of Tasmania (1917 to 1920). The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George Prince Regent (later George The Governor of Tasmania is the representative in the Australian state of Tasmania of Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. Tasmania is an Australian island and state of the same name It is located south of the eastern side of the Continent, being separated from it by Bass He was appointed Governor of Western Australia in 1920 where he served until 1924. The Governor of Western Australia is the representative in Western Australia of Australia 's Monarch Queen Elizabeth II. Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. On retirement he was promoted GCMG in 1925. The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George Prince Regent (later George The Western Australian town of Newdegate is named after him. Newdegate is a townsite in the great southern agricultural region 399 km south-east of Perth and 52 km east of Lake Grace in Western Australia.

He was appointed High Steward of the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield in 1925. The High Steward of Sutton Coldfield was an office relating to the government of the town of Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England.

On his death in 1936 his estates passed to his daughter Lucia, who in 1919, had married John Maurice Fitzroy, father of the 3rd Viscount Daventry. Viscount Daventry, of Daventry in the County of Northampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

References

'Australian Dictionary of Biography' Vol. 11. Melbourne University Press 1988.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Dugdale	Member of Parliament for Nuneaton 1892 – 1906	Succeeded by William Johnson
Preceded by Sir Philip Muntz	Member of Parliament for Tamworth 1909 – 1917	Succeeded by Henry Wilson-Fox
Government offices
Preceded by Sir William Ellison-Macartney	Governor of Tasmania 1917 – 1920	Succeeded by Sir William Lamond Allardyce
Preceded by Sir William Ellison-Macartney	Governor of Western Australia 1920 – 1924	Succeeded by Sir William Campion

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