Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan
- Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan
Infobox Prime Minister
name =Thomas Godfrey Polson Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan
birth_date =19 December 1895
birth_place =Chelsea, London, England
death_date =30 November 1977
death_place =Rowallan Castle, Kilmarnock, Scotland
spouse =Gwyn Mervyn Grimond
order =18th Governor of Tasmania
term_start =21 October 1959
term_end =25 March 1963
successor =Charles Gairdner
predecessor =Ronald Cross|
Thomas Godfrey Polson Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan, KT, KBE, MC, TD
Born in Chelsea, London, on 19 December 1895, Thomas Corbett succeeded as the 2nd Baron Rowallan on 19 March 1933.
He married Gwyn Mervyn Grimond on 14 August 1918. She was the sister of Jo Grimond, Baron Grimond, the leader of the Liberal Party 1956-67 and daughter of Joseph Bowman Grimond of St. Andrews, Fife.
Lord Rowallan became Governor of Tasmania on 21 October 1959, serving until 1963.
He was Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth and Empire from 1945 to 1959. [cite web |url=http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/facts/pdfs/fs295307.pdf |title=Meet the Chiefs |accessdate=2007-12-08 |month=October | year=2004 |publisher=The Scout Information Centre ] Rowallan was awarded the Silver Buffalo Award, the highest award of the Boy Scouts of America in 1948. [cite web | year = 2007| url =http://www.scouting.org/Awards/SilverBuffalo.aspx| title =2007 Silver Buffalo Awards for Distinguished Service to Youth on a National Level | format = | work =Scouting| publisher =Boy Scouts of America National Council| accessdate =2007-07-18] He received the Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, in 1957.
Rowallan served on the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1947 until 1953.
He died at Rowallan Castle, Kilmarnock, Scotland on 30 November 1977.
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