Sir John Lawrence Baird of Urie,1st Viscount Stonehaven,1st Baron Stonehaven,2nd Baronet,3rd of Ury,was a British politician who served as the eighth Governor-General of Australia,in office from 1925 to 1930. He had previously been a government minister under David Lloyd George,Bonar Law,and Stanley Baldwin.
William Shepherd Morrison,1st Viscount Dunrossil,,was a British politician. He was a long-serving cabinet minister before serving as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1951 to 1959. He was then appointed as the 14th Governor-General of Australia,in office from 1960 until his death in 1961.
Viscount Dunrossil,of Vallaquie in the Isle of North Uist in the County of Inverness,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 12 November 1959 for the Conservative politician William Morrison upon his retirement as Speaker of the House of Commons. His son,the second Viscount,notably served as High Commissioner to Fiji and as Governor of Bermuda. As of 2017 the title is held by the latter's son,the third Viscount,who succeeded in 2000.
Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon,1st Baron Stanmore was a Scottish Liberal Party politician and colonial administrator. He had extensive contact with Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone.
Sir Harry Charles Luke was an official in the British Colonial Office. He served in Barbados,Cyprus,Transcaucasia,Sierra Leone,Palestine,Malta,the British Western Pacific Territories and Fiji. He is the author of some books on several of these countries.
The British Western Pacific Territories (BWPT) was a colonial entity created in 1877 for the administration of a series of Pacific islands in Oceania under a single representative of the British Crown,styled the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific. Except for Fiji and the Solomon Islands,most of these colonial possessions were relatively minor.
A Government House is any residence used by governors-general,governors and lieutenant-governors in the Commonwealth and the British Empire. Government Houses serve as the venue for governors' official business,as well as the many receptions and functions hosted by the occupant. Sometimes,the term Government House is used as a metonym for the governor or his office.
Gideon Oliphant-Murray,2nd Viscount Elibank was a Scottish colonial administrator,politician and nobleman.
The Coronation Honours 1911 for the British Empire were announced on 19 June 1911,to celebrate the Coronation of George V which was held on 22 June 1911.
Sir Henry Huncks was an English soldier who was briefly governor of Barbados from 1640 to 1641. During the English Civil War,he was a lieutenant colonel in the army,fighting on the Cavalier side in support of the king.
The New Year Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the United Kingdom and British Empire. They were announced on 31 December 1926.
The 1928 New Year Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the United Kingdom and British Empire. They were announced on 30 December 1927.
The 1877 Birthday Honours were appointments by Queen Victoria to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of the Queen,and were published in The London Gazette on 30 May and 2 June 1877.
Minute Alapati Taupo OBE was a Tuvaluan politician,diplomat,economist and accountant. Taupo was elected to the Parliament of Tuvalu in the 2019 Tuvaluan general election to represent the Nanumanga electorate. He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister &Minister for Fisheries and Trade in the Natano Ministry.
