Viscount Galway

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Viscount Galway was a British peer who served as Governor-General of New Zealand in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
noble title
appointedBy King George V
linked to: George V
conflict First World War
linked to: World War I
country United Kingdom
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
createdBy William III of England
dateOfBirth 1882-03-24
dateOfCreation 1727
dateOfDeath 1943-03-27
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford
Eton College
endTime 1941
familyName Monckton-Arundell
fieldOfWork colonial administration
military service
givenName George
hasTitleHolder George Monckton-Arundell, 7th Viscount Galway
honorificTitle Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK)
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank Lieutenant-Colonel
monarch Edward VIII
George V
George VI
nobleFamily Monckton-Arundell family
linked to: Monckton-Arundell
nobleTitle Viscount Galway
notableWork service as Governor-General of New Zealand during the late 1930s and early 1940s
numberOfChildren 4
peerage Peerage of Ireland
placeOfBirth London
linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath New Zealand
positionHeld Governor-General of New Zealand
Viceregal consort of New Zealand
precededBy Lord Bledisloe
religion Anglicanism
residence Government House, Wellington
Serlby Hall
sexOrGender female
male
spouse Vera Monckton-Arundell, Viscountess Galway
startTime 1935
subclassOf viscountcy in the Peerage of Ireland
succeededBy Sir Cyril Newall
linked to: Cyril Newall
titleHeld Baron Monckton of Serlby

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