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	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. 

External links

• Sir Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair at Australian Dictionary of Biography

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

Persondata
Name	De Chair, Dudley
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	30 August 1864
Place of birth	Lennoxville, Lower Canada
Date of death	17 August 1958
Place of death	Brighton, England