Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon

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George Freeman Thomas, later Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GBE, PC (12 September 186612 August 1941) was a British Liberal politician who served as Governor General of Canada and Viceroy of India.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by:
Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes
Member of Parliament for Bodmin
1906–1910
Succeeded by:
Cecil Alfred Grenfell
Political offices
Preceded by:
Sir George Clarke
Governor of Bombay
1913–1918
Succeeded by:
Sir George Ambrose Lloyd
Preceded by:
The Lord Pentland
Governor of Madras
1919–1924
Succeeded by:
The Viscount Goschen
Preceded by:
The Viscount Byng of Vimy
Governor General of Canada
1926–1931
Succeeded by:
The Earl of Bessborough
Preceded by:
The Lord Irwin
Viceroy of India
1931–1936
Succeeded by:
The Marquess of Linlithgow
Preceded by:
The Marquess of Reading
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
1936–1941
Succeeded by:
Winston Churchill
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by:
New Creation
Marquess of Willingdon Succeeded by:
Inigo Freeman-Thomas


Governors General of Canada
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