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Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Alexander_Gore_Arkwright_Hore-Ruthven
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:person
gptkbp:award
gptkb:Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George
gptkb:Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order
gptkb:Medal_of_Honor
gptkb:Companion_of_the_Distinguished_Service_Order
gptkb:Mentioned_in_Despatches
gptkbp:birthDate
6 July 1872
gptkbp:birthPlace
gptkb:Windsor,_Berkshire,_England
gptkbp:child
Alexander Patrick Greysteil Hore-Ruthven
gptkbp:deathDate
2 May 1955
gptkbp:deathPlace
gptkb:Shipston-on-Stour,_Warwickshire,_England
gptkbp:education
gptkb:Eton_College
gptkb:Haileybury_and_Imperial_Service_College
gptkbp:father
Walter James Hore-Ruthven
gptkbp:fullName
gptkb:Alexander_Gore_Arkwright_Hore-Ruthven
gptkbp:governor
gptkb:Australia
gptkb:New_South_Wales
gptkb:South_Australia
gptkbp:governorTermStart
23 January 1936
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven
gptkbp:militaryRank
Major General
gptkbp:militaryService
gptkb:British_Army
gptkb:Cameron_Highlanders
gptkb:Egyptian_Army
gptkb:Australian_Imperial_Force
gptkbp:mother
gptkb:Lady_Caroline_Annesley_Gore
gptkbp:nationality
British
gptkbp:notableEvent
Awarded Victoria Cross for actions in Sudan, 1898
Longest-serving Governor-General of Australia
gptkbp:occupation
gptkb:soldier
gptkb:colonial_administrator
gptkbp:peerage
gptkb:Earl_of_Gowrie
gptkb:Viscount_Ruthven_of_Canberra
gptkb:Baron_Gowrie
gptkbp:predecessorAsGovernorGeneralOfAustralia
gptkb:Sir_Isaac_Isaacs
gptkbp:religion
gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:servedIn
gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:France
gptkb:Sudan
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:Second_Boer_War
gptkb:Gallipoli
gptkbp:spouse
gptkb:Zara_Eileen_Pollok
gptkbp:successorAsGovernorGeneralOfAustralia
gptkb:Prince_Henry,_Duke_of_Gloucester
gptkbp:termEndAsGovernorGeneral
23 January 1945
gptkbp:title
gptkb:1st_Earl_of_Gowrie
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Alexander_Hore-Ruthven
gptkb:Sir_Alexander_Hore-Ruthven
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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