1st Viscount Chelmsford

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1st Viscount Chelmsford was a British Conservative politician and colonial administrator who served as Viceroy of India from 1916 to 1921.

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instanceOf British politician
Viceroy of India
colonial administrator
human
appointedBy George V
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
createdViscount 1921
dateOfBirth 1868-08-12
dateOfDeath 1933-04-01
educatedAt Magdalen College, Oxford
Winchester College
familyName Thesiger
father Hon. Charles Wemyss Thesiger
fieldOfWork British imperial administration
givenName Frederic
grandfather Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
honorificSuffix GCIE
GCMG
GCSI
PC
knownFor co-authoring the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms of 1919
serving as Viceroy of India during World War I
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK)
militaryConflict World War I (as Viceroy of India)
nobleTitle 1st Viscount Chelmsford
notableWork Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms
numberOfChildren 6
occupation colonial administrator
politician
officeEnd 1921 (Viceroy of India)
officeStart 1916 (Viceroy of India)
parliamentaryGroup House of Lords (Conservative Party)
peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
placeOfBirth London
linked to: London, England
positionHeld First Lord of the Admiralty
Governor of New South Wales
Governor of Queensland
Lord Chamberlain
Member of the House of Lords
Viceroy of India
predecessor Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst
linked to: Lord Hardinge
religion Anglicanism
residence Government House, Brisbane (as Governor of Queensland)
Government House, Calcutta (as Viceroy of India)
Government House, Sydney (as Governor of New South Wales)
spouse Hon. Frances Charlotte Guest
successor Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading

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Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford nobleTitle 1st Viscount Chelmsford
subject linked to: Frederic John Napier Thesiger
Adria Fanny Heath motherOf Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
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Adria Fanny Heath notableRelative Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
linked to: 1st Viscount Chelmsford
Ernest Thesiger relative Frederick Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
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Thesiger hasNotableBearer Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
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Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford nobleTitle 1st Viscount Chelmsford
subject linked to: 1st Viscount Chelmsford
The Lord Chelmsford as Viceroy of India hasOfficeHolder Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
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Thesiger family hasMember Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
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Lady Chelmsford spouse Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
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Lady Chelmsford spouseTitle 1st Viscount Chelmsford