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  Australia: Governors-General: 1901-2007 - Archontology.org
William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, 2nd Viscount Ednam, of Ednam in the County of Roxburgh, 12th Baron Ward, of Birmingham in the County of Warwick
John Lawrence Baird, 1st Baron Stonehaven, of Ury in the County of Kincardine (from 27 Jun 1938 1st Viscount Stonehaven, of Ury, in the County of Kincardine)
Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron Gowrie, of Canberra in the Commonwealth of Australia and of Dirleton in the County of East Lothian (from 8 Jan 1945 1st Earl of Gowrie, 1st Viscount Ruthven of Canberra, of Dirleton, in the County of East Lothian)
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  Marquess of Linlithgow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Adrian Louis Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (1860-1908) (became Marquess of Linlithgow in 1902)
John Adrian Louis Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow (1860-1908)
Adrian John Charles Hope, 4th Marquess of Linlithgow (b.
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 LINLITHGOW, JOHN ADRIAN LOUIS HOPE, 1ST MARQUESS OF - LoveToKnow Article on LINLITHGOW, JOHN ADRIAN LOUIS HOPE, 1ST ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Sir Thomass son,Sir James Hope of Hopetoun (1614 1661), Scottish lord of session, was grandfather of Charles, rst earl of Hopetoun in the Scots peerage (16811742), who was created earl in 1703; and his grandson, the 3rd earl, was in 1809 made a baron of the United Kingdom.
John, the 4th earl (1765 1823), brother of the 3rd earl, was a distinguished soldier, who for his services in the Peninsular War was created Baron Niddry in 1814 before succeeding to the earidom.
The marquessate of Linlithgow was bestowed on the 7th earl of Hopetoun in 1902, in recognition of his success as first governor (19001902) of the commonwealth of Australia; he died on the 1st of March 1908, being succeeded as 2nd marquess by his eldest son (b.
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 John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Adrian Louis Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow, 25 September 1860 - 29 February 1908), first Governor-General of Australia, was born at Queensferry, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, on 25 September 1860, the eldest son of the sixth Earl of Hopetoun.
Eventually Lyne returned his commission and Hopetoun sent for Edmund Barton, the leader of the federal movement and the man everybody believed was entitled to the post.
Hopetoun told the police not to interfere and listened to Fleming put the case for the unemployed.
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 The Barony of Paistoun, Scottish Title for Sale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
John Hope, second Earl of Hopetoun [1704-1781], was one of the Lords of Police from 1744 to 1760, and Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1754.
John Alexander Hope, [1831-1873], sixth Earl of Hopetoun, served in the British Army and was Lord Lieutenant of Linlithgowshire.
John Adrian Louis Hope, [1860-19..], seventh Earl of Hopetoun, Lord-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria, Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Governor of Victoria, Privy Councillor, Paymaster General, Lord Chamberlain of the Household, first Governor-General of Australia, Secretary for Scotland, Brigadier of the Royal Company of Archers.
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 Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Governor-General of Australia
The first Governor-General, the Earl of Hopetoun, was British, as were all his successors until 1931.
On this occasion Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismissed the government of Gough Whitlam when the Senate withheld supply to the government, despite the fact that Whitlam retained the confidence of the House of Representatives.
John Adrian Louis Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (from 1902, The Most Hon.
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 Tasmanian Branch of the Thomas Family and related families - pafn81 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
BIOGRAPHY: HOPETOUN, JOHN ADRIAN LOUIS HOPE, 7th EARL (1860-1908), governor general, later 1st Marquess of Linlithgow, was born on 25 September 1860 at Hopetoun House, South Queensferry, Scotland, eldest son of John Alexander Hope, sixth earl, and his wife Ethelred Anne Birch, nee Reynardson.
In May Hopetoun was humiliated when parliament refused to agree to Barton's proposal that the governor-general's salary of £10 000 be augmented by an allowance of £8000.
Hopetoun's portrait, by James Quinn [q.v.], is in Parliament House, Canberra, and another by Robert Brough is in Hopetoun House.
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 Dictionary john   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
, John Lackland -- youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216)
John Campbell George Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
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 GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA FACTS, INFORMATIONS AND TRADES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The first Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun, asked to be recalled to Britain in 1903 over a dispute about funding for the post.
On this occasion Governor-General, Sir John Kerr, dismissed the government of Gough_Whitlam when the Senate withheld supply to the government, even though Whitlam retained the confidence of the House of Representatives.
The first Governor-General was a previous Victorian Governor, John Hope, the Earl of Hopetoun.
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 Governor-General of Australia
This was shown very clearly in 1975, when Sir John Kerr dismissed the government of Gough Whitlam, despite the fact that Whitlam retained the confidence of the House of Representatives.
When the Senate denied supply to the government, Kerr determined that he had both the right and the duty to intervene, dismiss the government, and commission a new government that would recommend a dissolution of the Parliament.
The apparent endorsement of his action by the electorate at the 1975 elections established the continued existence and legitimacy of the reserve powers.
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 100 Years: The Australian Story
John Howard:we kept the language, the literature, the law, the scepticism, but we threw out the class consciousness and class division.
Earl of Hopetoun came to inaugurate the nation.
Hopetoun was quickly the target of local jealousies.
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 Governor-General of Australia - ArtPolitic Encyclopedia of Politics : Information Portal
John Hope, Earl of Hopetoun[?] 1901 - 1903
William Ward, Earl of Dudley[?], 1908 - 1911
Alexander Hore-Ruthven, Baron Gowrie[?], 1st Earl Gowrie of Calutta[?] (from 1944), 1936 - 1945
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 WA Hopetoun
The town's original function was as a port for the Phillips River Goldfields and for around 30 years the port was the main service centre for many rich copper and goldmines in the area.
As the gateway to the Fitzgerald River National Park, Hopetoun is also a growing tourist centre.
The beaches both east and west of Hopetoun are known as some of the most magnificent white beaches in Australia.
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 Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by lastname - part 51   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Hope, Adrian John Charles, Marquess of Linlithgow 4, b.
Hope, John Adrian Louis, Marquess of Linlithgow 1, b.
Hope, Victor Alexander John, Marquess of Linlithgow 2, b.
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Sir John was notorious, also, for a suspiciously incoherent speech he gave at a Melbourne Cup presentation in the 1970s.
Lord Hopetoun has been succeeded by 22 governors-general, among them a selection of earls, barons, viscounts, a duke, several knights of the realm and even a prince of the royal blood.
Hopetoun was followed into the job not only by a titled successor, but one who was related to a renowned man of letters and whose son would become Governor of Victoria and whose grandson would captain England at cricket.
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John Norton, despite his staunch republicanism, his appalling behaviour, and having been acquitted of indecently assaulting Mrs Leith, the wife of the publican of the Palace Hotel at Watson's Bay, was also for 11 years and 8 months a Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly.
On at least one occasion in the Chamber he repeated his party trick of drunkenly mistaking a corner of a room for a toilet, and there was at least one time he was dragged, inebriated, from the Chamber by constables.
John Norton, who in the 1890s had so little money he cadged drinks off his friends, died in 1916 leaving an estate valued at 100,000 pounds.
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 Update on Selected Australian Political Records (Research Note 13 1998-99)
John Adrian Louis Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun who served from 1 January 1901 to 9 January 1903.
Senator John Verran (Nationalist, SA) was appointed under section 15 of the Constitution aged 71 years 1 month and served from 30 August 1927 to 16 November 1928.
Sir John McEwen (Country Party, Murray, Vic) became Prime Minister aged 67 years 8 months after Harold Holt's death and served from 19 December 1967 to 10 January 1968 when Senator John Gorton (LP, Vic) was elected as Leader by the Liberal Party.
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 Art Fresh : Article 'John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The 7th Duke of Marlborough was the paternal grandfather of the British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
The present Duke of Marlborough is John George Vanderbilt Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough.
The title of Earl of Marlborough, which was created for Churchill in 1689, had been created one time previously in British history, for James Ley, in 1626.
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 1901 in Australia - Mirrorpedia
See also: 1900 in Australia, other events of 1901, 1902 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.
Governor General - John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun
John Adrian Louis Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun is appointed as the first Governor-General, and Edmund Barton as the first Prime Minister
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 Marquess of Linlithgow -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The title of Marquess of Linlithgow was created in the (additional info and facts about Peerage of the United Kingdom) Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1902 for the (additional info and facts about 7th Earl of Hopetoun) 7th Earl of Hopetoun, the first (additional info and facts about Governor-General of Australia) Governor-General of Australia.
His son would later serve as (additional info and facts about Viceroy of India) Viceroy of India.
(additional info and facts about John Adrian Louis Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun) John Adrian Louis Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (1860-1908) (became Marquess of Linlithgow in 1902)
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 GOVERNORS AND GOVERNORS-GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA
1795 (Sept 11) to 1800 (Sept 27) Captain John Hunter, Governor of NSW and its dependencies.
1861 (Mar 22) to 1867 (Dec 24) Sir John Young (later Lord Lisgar), Captain- General, Governor-General-in-Chief and Vice-Admiral of NSW and its dependencies.
John Adrian Louis Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, KT, GCMG, GCVO
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 Department of Land Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
It was named after Charles Hall who, with John Slattery, prospected the vicinity in 1885 and found the alluvial and reef gold that led to the 1886 gold rush on the Kimberley Goldfield.
The townsite of Hopetoun is located on the south coast south of Ravensthorpe.
As there appeared to be no Aboriginal name for the area, the surveyor surveying the townsite in 1900, Surveyor G. Reilly, suggested it be named Hopetoun, after the Earl of Hopetoun, first Governor General of Australia (1900).
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 The Hallowes Genealogy - Page 5
She divorced the Earl in the Scottish Courts in 1928, almost certainly by arrangement, and then married as her 3rd.
Earl had no children by either marriage and was succeeded as 12th.
Louis Nichol and Georgette Hallowes were divorced in 1972; Georgette has reverted to her maiden name.
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The bush, however, must be grown fast at the two ends, and the child must be thrust through three times in the same manner, that is to say, from the same side it was thrust through in the first place.
Celebrations begin with a haunting dance which goes on until dawn, and are followed by the screening of scary films, face-painting and exhibitions at the Fort throughout the weekend.
John Adrian Louis Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow (Lord Hopetoun; d.
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 My Genealogy database - Index of Surnames   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
John Hope 5th Earl Of Hopetoun (15 NOV 1803 - 8 APR 1843)
John Adrian Louis Hope Marquess Of Linlithgow (25 SEP 1860 - 29 FEB 1908)
John Alexander Hope 6th Earl Of Hopetoun (22 MAR 1831 - 2 APR 1873)
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 Project on Parliament
This is a list of Governors-General of Australia since the formation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901.
William Humble WARD, 2nd Earl of Dudley, GCB, GCMG, GCVO
HRH Prince Henry William Frederick Albert, Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Ulster and Baron Culloden, KG, KT, KP, GCB, GCMG, GCVO
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 Establishing The Commonwealth - Culture
The Anglican Primate of Australia followed the politicians and he in turn was followed by more Police and military, including Colonial and inter Colonial troops, an Imperial contingent, New South Wales military forces, visiting officers, visiting commandants and His Excellency, Admiral Pearson.
At the end of the parade came the Lieutenant-Governor's Suite and then finally, the Governor General himself: John Adrian Louis Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun.
Many commentators had forecast that the behaviour of the Sydney crowd would be unrestrained and that disorder was to be expected.
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 Marquess of Linlithgow - TheBestLinks.com - Earl of Hopetoun, Governor-General of Australia, Nova Scotia, 1952, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
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