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2 unusual facts about Governor of Tasmania


Eardley-Wilmot baronets

He was Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land from 1843 to 1846.

George Strahan

Major Sir George Cumine Strahan KCMG (9 December 1838 – 17 February 1887) was a British military officer and colonial administrator, best known as the Governor of Tasmania from 1881 to 1886.


Norman Ewing

From November 1923 to June 1924, Ewing was appointed Administrator of Tasmania, while awaiting the arrival of the new governor Captain Sir James O'Grady.

Richard Menhinick

He joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1976, finishing his training in 1980 he underwent training as a Principal Warfare Officer and in 1983 was posted as the naval Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Tasmania Sir James Plimsoll.

Rowallan Power Station

Work commenced on the project in 1963 and it is named after Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan, the former Governor of Tasmania.

Southern Cross Television

On the opening night the station was officially inaugurated by Lord Rowallan, the Governor of Tasmania.


see also

John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst

They had one daughter, Georgiana Susan Copley, who married Sir Charles Du Cane, Governor of Tasmania.

John Eardley-Wilmot

Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 1st Baronet (1783–1847), Governor of Tasmania, MP for Warwickshire North 1832–1843

Philip Bennett

Phillip Bennett (born 1928), Australian general and former Governor of Tasmania

Thomas Corbett

Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan (1895–1977), Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth and Empire and Governor of Tasmania

West Hallam

Sir Francis Newdegate GCMG KStJ (1862–1936), Lord of the Manor until 1914 was Governor of Tasmania (1917–1920) and of Western Australia (1920–1924).

Windle St Hill

He was private secretary to Sir Frederick Weld when Governor of Tasmania for two years, and was commandant of the local forces of that colony from June 1878 to May 1880.