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  John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
John Lawrence Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven (27 April 1874 20 August 1941), eighth Governor-General of Australia, was born in London, England, the son of a wealthy baronet.
Baird was elected to the House of Commons for Rugby in 1912, as a Conservative.
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.
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 Encyclopedia: John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven
The Right Honourable John Lawrence Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven, KBE, PC (Born: 27 April 1874 - Died:20 August 1941), eighth Governor-General of Australia, was born in London, the son of a wealthy baronet.
Lord Northcote Henry Stafford Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote (18 November 1846-29 September 1911), third Governor-General of Australia, was born in London, the second son of the prominent Conservative politician Sir Stafford Northcote, later 1st Earl of Iddesleigh.
Lord Stonehaven John Lawrence Baird, 1st Baron Stonehaven (27 April 1874 - 20 August 1941), eighth Governor-General of Australia, was born in London, the son of a wealthy baronet.
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 CONK! Encyclopedia: Governor-General_of_Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
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.
John Adrian Louis Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (from 1902, The Most Hon.
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 Governor-General of Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
A Governor-General appointed by the Queen shall be Her Majesty's representative in the Commonwealth, and shall have and may exercise in the Commonwealth during the Queen's pleasure, but subject to this Constitution, such powers and functions of the Queen as Her Majesty may be pleased to assign to him.
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.
Despite the apparent endorsement of his action by the electorate at the 1975 elections the events surrounding the dismissal remain extremely controversial.
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John Baird, Jean-Marc Lalonde (born 1935) is a politician in Ontario, Canada.
Rideau Canal was constructed by Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel John By (born 1779, died 1836) was a British military engineer, best remembered for supervising the construction of the Rideau Canal and, in the process, founding what would become the city of Ottawa.
John By to connect Ottawa with Kingston, Ontario, with a population of approximately 142,819 people, is located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St. Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands begin.
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 Governor-General of Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
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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Robert Alexander Greville Baird was the son of John Lawrence Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven.
Amanda Louise Baird is the daughter of Ceanan Donald Baird and Janet Scott.
Alastair Aulen John Baird was the son of S/Ldr.
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 Dictionary john   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
, 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
John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
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 John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven.
John Lawrence Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven (27 April 1874 - 20 August 1941), 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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John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell of St Andrews
John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, 1st Baron Acton
John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
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 John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Baird was elected to the (The lower house of the British parliament) House of Commons for (A form of football played with an oval ball) Rugby in 1912, as a (A person who has conservative ideas or opinions) Conservative.
For most of Stonehaven's term Bruce seem firmly entrenched in office, but in September 1929 he was unexpectedly defeated on the floor of the (The lower legislative house of the United States Congress) House of Representatives, and asked Stonehaven for a dissolution.
He died in (One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts) Scotland in 1941.
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 Chronology of Scottish History - 1600 to 1899   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
St John Ogilvie, a Banffshire-born Jesuit priest, was hanged for refusing to renounce the supremacy of the Pope.
John Playfair, clergyman, geologist, mathematician, born in Edinburgh.
John Paul Jones, naval hero of the American Revolution, died; he was born in Kircudbrightshire in 1747.
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 Herald Sun Footy Story Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Sir John was notorious, also, for a suspiciously incoherent speech he gave at a Melbourne Cup presentation in the 1970s.
An exception was John Lawrence Baird, the 1st Baron Stonehaven and the eighth in the line of noblemen sent to keep an eye on the former colony.
Dunrossil's successor, Viscount De L'Isle who, as Major William Phillip Sidney, won the Victoria Cross at Anzio in 1944, later became a member of the Order of the Garter, making him unique as the holder of the highest British decoration for both valour and chivalry.
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 John Baird - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
There have been various John Bairds of significance.
John Baird, participant in the "Radical War" of 1820
John Logie Baird, one of the pioneers of the television
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 Viscount Stonehaven Of Ury Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
The title Earl of Kintore was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1677 for Sir John Keith, along with the title of Lord Keith of Inverurie and Keith Hall.
The eleventh holder of the title, Ethel Sydney Keith-Falconer, married John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven.
At the death of Lord Stonehaven, the titles Viscount Stonehaven (created 1938), and Baron Stonehaven (1925), both in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, passed to the couple's son, James, who later changed his name to Keith upon inheriting his mother's title.
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 Governor-General of Australia
John Hope, Earl of Hopetoun[?] 1901 - 1903
Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson[?], 1st Viscount Novar[?] (from 1920), 1914 - 1920
Alexander Hore-Ruthven, Baron Gowrie[?], 1st Earl Gowrie of Calutta[?] (from 1944), 1936 - 1945
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 Juan Baird, 1r Vizconde Stonehaven   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Bruce optó por Stonehaven en parte debido a su experiencia política y en parte porque él era una figura más modesta que los alternativas aristocráticos.
Para la mayoría del término de Stonehaven Bruce se parece firmemente atrincherado en oficina, pero en septiembre de 1929 lo derrotaron inesperado en el piso de la cámara de representantes, y pidió Stonehaven una disolución.
Stonehaven no fue consultado por Scullin sobre la opción su sucesor, del y él a la izquierda Australia en octubre de 1930.
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 John Baird - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation John Baird   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
John Baird - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation John Baird.
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* John Baird, Canadian politician and cabinet minister in the Ontario conservative governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves.
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 Clan Keith Society USA, Inc. - Scottish family and clan, gegealogy, history including Austin, Cate(s), Dickson, Dixon, ...
It was John that aided in the protection of the Scottish regalia at Dunnottar while under siege from Oliver Cromwell's forces.
John assisted several women in smuggling the crown jewels away from the castle to nearby Kinneff Church, where they remained hidden until the restoration of the monarchy.
John also served as Lord Treasurer-Depute, and was one of the Lords of the King's Privy Council (1682).
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 Encyclopedia: John Baird
John Logie Baird (August 14, 1888 – June 14, 1946) was a Scottish engineer, who is best known for being the first person to demonstrate a working television.
John R. Baird, MPP (born May 26, 1969 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian politician.
A Cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of government, typically representing the executive branch.
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 List of state leaders in 1930 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
John Baird, 1st Baron of Stonehaven, Governor-General of Australia (1925-1931)
Governor-General - The Viscount Willingdon of Ratton, Governor-General of Canada (1926-1931)
Governor - John Middleton, Governor of Newfoundland (1928-1932)
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 Parliamentary Handbook: Historical Information on the Australian Parliament
John Adrian Louis Hope, KT, GCMG, GCVO (later 1st Marquess of Linlithgow).
Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, VC, GCMG, CB, DSO (later 1st Earl of Gowrie of Canberra and Dirleton).
De L’Isle, 1st Viscount, 6th Baron De L'Isle and Dudley, the Rt Hon.
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 List of state leaders in 1926 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Governor-General - John Baird, 1st Baron of Stonehaven, Governor-General of Australia (1925-1931)
The Viscount Byng of Vimy, Governor-General of Canada (1921-1926)
The Viscount Willingdon of Ratton, Governor-General of Canada (1926-1931)
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 Many low points for a high office - theage.com.au
For sheer impact, even yesterday's events may not in the end rival Sir John Kerr and his 1975 dismissal of the Whitlam Labor government.
Lord Hopetoun has been succeeded by 22 governors-general, among them earls, barons, viscounts, a duke, several knights of the realm and even a prince of the royal blood.
An exception was John Lawrence Baird, the 1st Baron Stonehaven.
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 Print Article: Hollingworth not the only G-G to run into trouble
Peter Hollingworth is embroiled in one of the biggest controversies to have befallen an Australian Governor-General, but the vice-regal office holder has never been immune from trouble.
For sheer impact, none has rivalled Sir John Kerr and his 1975 dismissal of the Whitlam Labor government.
While none of the previous incumbents has figured so prominently in an issue of the seriousness of the one facing Dr Hollingworth, the curious office of the Queen's man in the colony has regularly been tainted by scandal, incompetence and ridicule.
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