Dudley de Chair

Dudley de Chair
Admiral
Sir Dudley de Chair
KCB, KCMG, KBE, MVO
25th Governor of New South Wales
In office
28 February 1924 – 9 April 1930
Monarch George V
Lieutenant Sir William Cullen
Sir Philip Street
Preceded by Sir Walter Davidson
Succeeded by Sir Phillip Game
Personal details
Born 30 August 1864(1864-08-30)
Lennoxville, Province of Canada
Died 17 August 1958(1958-08-17) (aged 93)
Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Profession Naval Officer, Colonial Administrator
Military service
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  Royal Navy
Years of service 1880 – 1923
Rank UK-Navy-OF9.svg Admiral
Unit HMS Alexandra
Commands Third Battle Squadron
Battles/wars Anglo-Egyptian War
World War I

Admiral Sir Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair, KCB, KCMG, KBE, MVO (30 August 1864 – 17 August 1958) was a Naval Officer and Governor. De Chair joined the Royal Navy from the age of 16 and served in the Anglo-Egyptian War and later as an Admiral in the First World War. He was appointed as Governor of New South Wales in 1923. Arriving in Sydney in 1924, De Chair became Governor in stable political times but when the Fuller Conservatives were defeated by the Labor Party under Jack Lang, De Chair found himself in conflict with Lang's revolutionary reform program, particularly over Lang's attempts to abolish the New South Wales Legislative Council. While Lang's attempts ultimately failed, De Chair failed to gain the support of an indifferent Dominions Office. With Lang's departure in 1927, the Nationalist Government of Thomas Bavin invited him in 1929 to stay on as Governor for a further term. De Chair agreed only to a year's extension and retired on 8 April 1930. Returning to London after a global trip, he worked on his memoirs until his death in 1958.[1]

He married Enid Struben in 1903 and they had three children, Henry Graham de Chair, Elaine de Chair and Somerset de Chair.

References

  1. ^ Clune, David; Turner, Ken (2009). The Governors of New South Wales: 1788-2010. Sydney: Federation Press. pg 457–472. 

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Military offices
Preceded by
David Beatty
Naval Secretary
1913–1914
Succeeded by
Horace Hood
Government offices
Preceded by
Sir Walter Davidson
Governor of New South Wales
1924 – 1930
Succeeded by
Sir Phillip Game

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