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Governor of Victoria

Index Governor of Victoria

The Governor of Victoria is the representative in the Australian state of Victoria of its monarch, Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia and is one of the Governors of the Australian states. [1]

77 relations: Alex Chernov, Arthur Somers-Cocks, 6th Baron Somers, Arthur Stanley, 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley, At Her Majesty's pleasure, Australia Act 1986, Brian Murray (governor), British Ceylon, Charles Henry Darling, Charles Hotham, Charles La Trobe, Chief Justice of Victoria, Dallas Brooks, David de Kretser, Davis McCaughey, Deputy Lieutenant, Distinguished Service Order, Edward Macarthur, Elizabeth II, Excellency, Flag of Victoria, Fuller baronets, George Bowen, George Clarke, 1st Baron Sydenham of Combe, George Jackson Carey, George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby, George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke, Government House, Melbourne, Governor of New South Wales, Governor-General of Australia, Governors of the Australian states, Henry Barkly, Henry Loch, 1st Baron Loch, Henry Winneke, James Gobbo, John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, John Landy, John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury, Justice of the peace, Ken Lay (police officer), Kings Domain, Linda Dessau, List of Judges of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Lithuania, Marilyn Warren, Melbourne, Military Cross, Monarchy of Australia, New South Wales, Order of Australia, Order of St Michael and St George, ..., Order of the Bath, Order of the British Empire, Order of the Thistle, Port Phillip District, Premier of Victoria, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Queen's Counsel, Reginald Talbot, Reserve power, Richard McGarvie, Rohan Delacombe, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Royal Navy, Royal Victorian Order, Sir John Fuller, 1st Baronet, Sri Lanka, Territorial Decoration, Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey, Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael, Tudor Crown, Union Jack, Viceroy, Victoria (Australia), Volunteer Officers' Decoration, Westminster system, William Vanneck, 5th Baron Huntingfield, Winston Dugan, 1st Baron Dugan of Victoria. Expand index (27 more) »

Alex Chernov

Alex Chernov (born 12 May 1938) is an Australian jurist and was Governor of Victoria from 2011 to 2015.

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Arthur Somers-Cocks, 6th Baron Somers

Arthur Herbert Tennyson Somers-Cocks, 6th Baron Somers (20 March 1887 – 14 July 1944) was a British Army officer who served as the 16th Governor of Victoria, in office from 1926 to 1931.

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Arthur Stanley, 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley

Arthur Lyulph Stanley, 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley KCMG (14 September 1875 – 22 August 1931), also 5th Baron Sheffield and 4th Baron Eddisbury, was an English nobleman and Governor of Victoria from 1914 to 1920.

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At Her Majesty's pleasure

At Her Majesty's pleasure (sometimes abbreviated to Queen's pleasure or, when appropriate, at His Majesty's pleasure or King's pleasure) is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate or undetermined length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners.

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Australia Act 1986

The Australia Act 1986 is the short title of each of a pair of separate but related pieces of legislation: one an Act of the Commonwealth (i.e. federal) Parliament of Australia, the other an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Brian Murray (governor)

Rear Admiral Sir Brian Stewart Murray (26 December 1921 – 4 June 1991) was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy and the 22nd Governor of Victoria, serving from March 1982 until October 1985.

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British Ceylon

Ceylon (Sinhala: බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය ලංකාව, Brithānya Laṃkāva; Tamil: பிரித்தானிய இலங்கை, Birithaniya Ilangai) was a British Crown colony between 1815 and 1948.

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Charles Henry Darling

Sir Charles Henry Darling (19 February 1809 – 25 January 1870) was a British colonial governor.

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Charles Hotham

Sir Charles Hotham, KCB, RN (14 January 180631 December 1855)B.

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Charles La Trobe

Charles Joseph La Trobe, CB (or Latrobe; 20 March 18014 December 1875) was appointed in 1839 superintendent of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales and, after the establishment in 1851 of the colony of Victoria (now a state of Australia), he became its first lieutenant-governor.

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Chief Justice of Victoria

The Chief Justice of Victoria is the senior judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria and the highest ranking judicial officer in the Australian state of Victoria.

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Dallas Brooks

General Sir Reginald Alexander Dallas Brooks, (22 August 1896 – 22 March 1966) was a British military commander who went on to become the 19th and longest-serving Governor of Victoria, Australia.

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David de Kretser

David Morritz de Kretser AC (born 27 April 1939) is an Australian medical researcher who was the 27th Governor of Victoria from 2006 to 2011.

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Davis McCaughey

John Davis McCaughey AC (12 July 1914 – 25 March 2005) was a Bible scholar, Christian minister, university administrator and the Governor of Victoria from 1986 to 1992.

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Deputy Lieutenant

In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is a Crown appointment and one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area: an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county.

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Distinguished Service Order

The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth of Nations, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.

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Edward Macarthur

Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Macarthur (16 March 1789 – 4 January 1872) was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, Commander-in-chief of British forces in Australia from 1855 and was an administrator in 1856 for 12 months after the death of Governor of Victoria, Sir Charles Hotham.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.

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Excellency

Excellency is an honorific style given to certain high-level officers of a sovereign state, officials of an international organization, or members of an aristocracy.

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Flag of Victoria

The flag of Victoria, symbolising the state of Victoria in Australia, is a British Blue Ensign defaced by the state badge of Victoria in the fly.

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Fuller baronets

There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Fuller, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

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George Bowen

Sir George Ferguson Bowen, GCMG (2 November 1821 – 21 February 1899) was a British author and colonial administrator whose appointments included postings to the Ionian Islands, Queensland, New Zealand, Victoria, Mauritius and Hong Kong.

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George Clarke, 1st Baron Sydenham of Combe

George Sydenham Clarke, 1st Baron Sydenham of Combe (4 July 1848 – 7 February 1933) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator.

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George Jackson Carey

Major-General George Jackson Carey CB (5 October 1822 – 12 June 1872) was a British Army officer who achieved high office in the 1860s.

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George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby

George Augustus Constantine Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby (23 July 1819 – 3 April 1890), styled Viscount Normanby between 1831 and 1838 and Earl of Mulgrave between 1838 and 1863, was a British Liberal politician and colonial governor of Nova Scotia, Queensland, New Zealand and Victoria.

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George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke

George Edward John Mowbray Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke, (19 November 1862 – 20 December 1947) was a British nobleman from Suffolk who served as a Territorial Army officer, as a junior government minister and as the 15th Governor of Victoria, Australia.

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Government House, Melbourne

Government House is the official residence of the Governor of Victoria, currently Linda Dessau.

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Governor of New South Wales

The Governor of New South Wales is the viceregal representative of the Australian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, in the state of New South Wales.

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Governor-General of Australia

The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative of the Australian monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II.

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Governors of the Australian states

The governors of the Australian states are the representatives of Australia's monarch in each of Australia's six states.

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Henry Barkly

Sir Henry Barkly (24 February 1815 – 20 October 1898) was a British politician, colonial governor and patron of the sciences.

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Henry Loch, 1st Baron Loch

Henry Brougham Loch, 1st Baron Loch, (23 May 1827 – 20 June 1900) was a Scottish soldier and colonial administrator.

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Henry Winneke

Sir Henry Arthur Winneke (20 October 1908 – 28 December 1985) was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria and the 21st Governor of Victoria from 1974 to 1982.

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James Gobbo

Sir James Augustine Gobbo AC, CVO, QC (born 22 March 1931) is a retired Australian jurist and was the 25th Governor of Victoria.

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John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun

John Adrian Louis Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, (25 September 1860 – 29 February 1908) was a British aristocrat and statesman who served as the first Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1901 to 1902.

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John Landy

John Michael Landy (born 12 April 1930) is an Australian retired middle-distance runner and politician.

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John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury

John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury styled The Honourable John Manners-Sutton between 1814 and 1866 and Sir John Manners-Sutton between 1866 and 1869, was a British Tory politician and colonial administrator.

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Justice of the peace

A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer, of a lower or puisne court, elected or appointed by means of a commission (letters patent) to keep the peace.

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Ken Lay (police officer)

Kenneth Douglas Lay (born 17 February 1956 in Korumburra, Victoria) is a former Australian police officer and Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police from 2011 to 2015.

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Kings Domain

Kings Domain is an area of parklands in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Linda Dessau

Linda Marion Dessau (born 8 May 1953) has been the Governor of Victoria since 1 July 2015.

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List of Judges of the Supreme Court of Victoria

This is a list of Judges who have served on the Supreme Court of Victoria.

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Lithuania

Lithuania (Lietuva), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika), is a country in the Baltic region of northern-eastern Europe.

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Marilyn Warren

Marilyn Louise Warren (born 1951) is a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria and Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria, Australia.

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Melbourne

Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Military Cross

The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and used to be awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries.

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Monarchy of Australia

The monarchy of Australia is a form of government in which a hereditary king or queen serves as the nation's sovereign.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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Order of Australia

The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, to recognise Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or meritorious service.

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Order of St Michael and St George

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 King George IV, while he was acting as regent for his father, King George III.

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Order of the Bath

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath) is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Order of the Thistle

The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle is an order of chivalry associated with Scotland.

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Port Phillip District

The Port Phillip District was a historical administrative division of the Colony of New South Wales, which existed from September 1836 until 1 July 1851, when it was separated from New South Wales and became the Colony of Victoria.

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Premier of Victoria

The Premier of Victoria is the Head of government in the Australian state of Victoria.

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Privy Council of the United Kingdom

Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, usually known simply as the Privy Council, is a formal body of advisers to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

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Queen's Counsel

A Queen's Counsel (postnominal QC), or King's Counsel (postnominal KC) during the reign of a king, is an eminent lawyer (usually a barrister or advocate) who is appointed by the Monarch to be one of "Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law." The term is also recognised as an honorific.

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Reginald Talbot

Major General Sir Reginald Arthur James Talbot (11 July 1841 – 15 January 1929) was a British Army officer, Member of Parliament, and Governor of Victoria in Australia.

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Reserve power

In a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of government, a reserve power is a power that may be exercised by the head of state without the approval of another branch of the government.

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Richard McGarvie

Richard Elgin McGarvie (21 May 1926 – 24 May 2003) was a judge in the Supreme Court of Victoria from 1976 to 1992, and the 24th Governor of Victoria from 1992 to 1997.

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Rohan Delacombe

Major General Sir Rohan Delacombe (25 October 1906 – 10 November 1991) was a senior British Army officer who commanded the British occupation forces in Berlin from 1959 to 1962 at the height of the Cold War.

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Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria

Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria are botanic gardens across two sites - Melbourne and Cranbourne.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Royal Victorian Order

The Royal Victorian Order (Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria.

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Sir John Fuller, 1st Baronet

Sir John Michael Fleetwood Fuller, 1st Baronet KCMG (21 October 1864 – 4 September 1915) was a British Liberal Party politician and colonial administrator.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.

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Territorial Decoration

The Territorial Decoration (TD) was a military medal of the United Kingdom awarded for long service in the Territorial Force and its successor, the Territorial Army.

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Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey

Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey (11 February 1836 – 23 February 1918) was a British Liberal Party politician, Governor of Victoria and founder of The Naval Annual.

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Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael

Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael (18 March 1859 – 16 January 1926), known as Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, Bt, between 1891 and 1912, was a Scottish Liberal politician and colonial administrator.

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Tudor Crown

The Tudor Crown, also known as Henry VIII's Crown, was the imperial and state crown used by the monarchs of England and Great Britain from around the time of Henry VIII up to the English Civil War in 1649.

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Union Jack

The Union Jack, or Union Flag, is the national flag of the United Kingdom.

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Viceroy

A viceroy is a regal official who runs a country, colony, city, province, or sub-national state, in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory.

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Victoria (Australia)

Victoria (abbreviated as Vic) is a state in south-eastern Australia.

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Volunteer Officers' Decoration

The Volunteer Officers' Decoration, post-nominal letters VD, was instituted in 1892 as an award for long and meritorious service by officers of the United Kingdom's Volunteer Force.

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Westminster system

The Westminster system is a parliamentary system of government developed in the United Kingdom.

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William Vanneck, 5th Baron Huntingfield

William Charles Arcedeckne Vanneck, 5th Baron Huntingfield, KCMG (3 January 188320 November 1969) was a British Conservative Party politician, Governor of Victoria and Administrator of Australia.

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Winston Dugan, 1st Baron Dugan of Victoria

Major General Winston Joseph Dugan, 1st Baron Dugan of Victoria (3 September 187617 August 1951), known as Sir Winston Dugan between 1934 and 1949, was a British administrator and a career British Army officer.

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Redirects here:

Governors of Victoria, List of Governors of Victoria, List of Governors of Victoria, Australia.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Victoria

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