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Major General Sir Harry Barron, KCMG, CVO (11 August 1847 – 27 March 1921) was a British Army officer who served as Governor of Tasmania from 1909 to 1913, and Governor of Western Australia from 1913 to 1917.[1]

Life

Barron was born in 1847 and attended Stubbington House School.[2] In 1877 he married Clara Emily, daughter of Major General T. Conyngham Kelly; they had one daughter.

Barron was Governor of Tasmania from 1909 to 1913, and Governor of Western Australia from 1913 to 1917.

In 1920, he was made colonel commandant of the Royal Artillery.[1]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b Bolton, G. C. (1979). "Barron, Sir Harry (1847–1921)". Melbourne University Publishing. pp. 190–191. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  2. ^ "BARRON, Maj.-Gen. Sir Harry". Who Was Who. -A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press. December 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2012.(subscription required)

Sources

  • A. B. Keith, Responsible Government in the Dominions, vol 1 (Oxford, 1928); Mercury (Hobart), 28 Dec 1912; West Australian (Perth), 13 Mar 1913, 3–8, 26, 27 Feb 1917.
Government offices
Preceded by Governor of Tasmania
1909–1913 		Succeeded by
Governor of Western Australia
1913–1917
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