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Youngest son of George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, he was educated privately and then at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was President of the Cambridge Union Society in 1849. After graduating in 1851, he worked as Assistant Private Secretary to the Prime Minister (his father) between 1852 and 1855.
He was Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick between 1861 and 1866, Governor of Trinidad from 1866 to 1870, Governor of Mauritius from 1871 to 1874. Governor of Fiji from 1875 to 1880, Governor of New Zealand from 1880 to 1883, and finally Governor of Ceylon from 1883 to 1890.
He was created 1st Baron Stanmore, of Great Stanmore, Middlesex on August 21August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 132 days remaining. Events 1600-1799 1680 Pueblo Indians captured Santa Fe from Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt 1770 James Cook formally claims eastern Aust, 1893Events January 1 Japan accepts the Gregorian calendar January 2 Introduction by Webb C. Ball of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America: Railroad chronometers January 13 The Independent Labour Party of the UK has its first meeting. Janua.
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Preceded by: Sir Hercules RobinsonLord Hercules George Robert Robinson 1st Baron Rosmead ( December 19, 1824 October 28, 1897) was a British colonial administrator. He was of Irish descent on both sides; his father was Admiral Hercules Robinson, his mother a Miss Wood of Rosmead, County W |
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Succeeded by: Lieutenant GeneralLieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. A Lieutenant General ranks immediately below a General and above a Major General. In the US Army, US Marine Corps and US Air Force a Lieutenant General is a three-star general. In the British A Sir William Francis Drummond JervoisSir William Francis Drummond Jervois GCMG CD, Governor of New Zealand, 1883-89, b. Lucy Norsworthy in 1850, b. 1894, Jervois, William Francis Drummond. |
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