Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, of Aldworth, in the County of Sussex, and of Freshwater, in the Isle of Wight
John Lawrence Baird, 1stBaronStonehaven, 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, 1stBaron 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)
John Lawrence Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven (27 April1874 – 20 August1941), eighth Governor-General of Australia, was born in London, England, the son of a wealthy baronet.
For most of Stonehaven's term Bruce seemed firmly entrenched in office, but in September 1929 he was unexpectedly defeated on the floor of the House of Representatives, and asked Stonehaven for a dissolution.
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.
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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John Lawrence Baird, 1stBaronStonehaven (27 April1874 - 20 August1941), eighth Governor-General of Australia, was born in London, the son of a wealthy baronet.
Bruce opted for Stonehaven partly because of his political experience and partly because he was a more modest figure than the aristocratic alternatives.
Stonehaven's relations with Scullin were correct but not friendly, since Stonehaven's political sympathies lay elsewhere.
Stonehaven is a town on the North-East coast of Scotland.
Stonehaven was also the birthplace of R. Thompson, inventor of the pneumatic tyre and the fountain pen, and was a holiday retreat of the poet, Robert Burns.
During Hogmanay festivities, the High Street comes alive with crowds watching the annual fireballs ceremony, in which huge balls of fire on chains are swung around the heads of volunteers walking down the High Street, after which they are thrown into the sea.
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John Lawrence Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven (27 April1874 - 20 August1941), eighth Governor-General of Australia, was born in London, the son of a wealthy baronet.
In 1905 he married Edith Keith-Falconer, daughter of the Earl of Kintore, who later became 11th Countess of Kintore.
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Prince Henry William Frederick Albert was born in 1900 in York Cottage, the residence on the Sandringham estate of the then Duke and Duchess of York, in the last full year in the life of his great-grandmother, Victoria of the United Kingdom.
In 1935 Gloucester married Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, a daughter of the John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch, and they had two sons, Prince William of Gloucester (1941 - 1972), and Richard, Duke of Gloucester (born 1944), now the 2nd Duke of Gloucester.
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John Kerr, resigned in 1977 after being offered a United Nations post, which he did not take up.
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.
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The doctrine that the Crown must always act on the advice of a Prime Minister who has the confidence of Parliament has reduced the circumstances in which the reserve powers might be used, but they are still there.
This was shown very clearly in the Australian constitutional crisis of 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.
1795 (Sept 11) to 1800 (Sept 27) Captain John Hunter, Governor of NSW and its dependencies.
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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.
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.
Despite the apparent endorsement of his action by the electorate at the 1975 elections the events surrounding the dismissal remain extremely controversial.