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 1866–12 August 1941) was a British Liberal politician who served as Governor General of Canada and Viceroy of India.
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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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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Monck | Lisgar | Dufferin | Lorne | Lansdowne | Stanley | Aberdeen | Minto | Grey | Connaught | Devonshire | Byng | Willingdon | Bessborough | Tweedsmuir | Athlone | Alexander | Massey | Vanier | Michener | Léger | Schreyer | Sauvé | Hnatyshyn | LeBlanc | Clarkson | Jean |
Categories: 1866 births | 1941 deaths | Members of the United Kingdom parliament from English constituencies | Governors General of Canada | Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George | Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire | Lords Warden of the Cinque Ports | Marquesses in the Peerage of the United Kingdom | Liberal MPs (UK) | Viceroys of India | Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India | Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire