George Le Hunte
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Sir George Le Hunte | |
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| 15th Governor of South Australia | |
| In office 1 July 1903 – 18 February 1909 | |
| Monarch | Edward VII |
| Premier | John Jenkins(1903–05) Richard Butler (1905) Thomas Price (1905–09) |
| Preceded by | Lord Tennyson |
| Succeeded by | Sir Day Bosanquet |
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| Born | 20 August 1852 |
| Died | 29 January 1925 (aged 72) |
| Nationality | British |
Sir George Ruthven Le Hunte GCMG (20 August 1852 – 29 January 1925) was Governor of South Australia from 1 July 1903 until 18 February 1909, soon after federation of Australia.[1][2]
He was born in Porthgain, Pembrokeshire, Wales, the son of George and Mary Le Hunte. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] He married (cousin of Evelyn May Clowes) on 14 February 1884.[4]
Le Hunte served as President of Dominica (1887–94), secretary of Barbados (1894–97) and Mauritius (1897); and Lieutenant-Governor of British New Guinea (1899–1903).
As South Australian Governor, he became the first patron of the Royal Automobile Association of South Australia when it was formed in 1903.
He was later Governor of Trinidad and Tobago from 1909 to 1916.
The District Council of Le Hunte in the north of Eyre Peninsula was named after him before it was changed to Wudinna District Council in 2008.
Family[]
George Le Hunte married Caroline Rachel Clowes (c. 1854 – 18 May 1939) on 14 February 1884. They had two children:
- John Le Hunte (11 August 1886 – ) married Vera Spurgin on 12 August 1913. Reports of his being killed in action early in WWI[5] are hard to verify.[6]
- Editha Rachel Le Hunte (c. October 1892 – ) married Godfrey Barton Pease (15 May 1887 – ) on 5 October 1912. Details of his death in WWI[7] have also been hard to find. Other reports[8] indicate they both survived to 1919 at least.
- Lt.-Col. Godfrey Philip Desmond Pease (19 September 1913 – 8 March 2007)
- Ann Pease ( – ) married Lt.-Col. William Eliott Lockhart
References[]
- ^ Le Hunte, Sir George Ruthven (1852–1925), Australian Dictionary of Biography
- ^ Obituary JSTOR
- ^ "Le Hunte, George Ruthven (L870GR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Sir George Le Hunte Dead". The Register. XC (26, 239). South Australia. 31 January 1925. p. 9. Retrieved 16 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Concerning People". The Register. LXXXIII (22, 396). South Australia. 20 August 1918. p. 4. Retrieved 17 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Viceregals at the War". The Register. LXXXI (21, 793). South Australia. 13 September 1916. p. 6. Retrieved 17 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Concerning People". The Register. LXXXIII (22, 283). South Australia. 10 April 1918. p. 6. Retrieved 17 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Our Vice-Regal Ladies". The Critic. XIX (1092). South Australia. 15 January 1919. p. 9. Retrieved 17 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- Diane Langmore, 'Le Hunte, Sir George Ruthven (1852–1925)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, MUP, 1986, pp 66–67.
External links[]
- World Statesmen – Trinindad and Tobago
- World Statesmen – Dominica
- World Statesmen – Papua New guinea
- . . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. – via Wikisource.
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- 1852 births
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- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Colonial Administrative Service officers
- People from Pembrokeshire
- People educated at Eton College
- Governors of the Territory of Papua
- Colonial Secretaries of Barbados