Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan

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Thomas Godfrey Polson Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan, KT, KBE, MC, TD

Born in Chelsea, London, on December 19, 1895, Thomas Corbett succeeded as the 2nd Baron Rowallan on March 19, 1933.

He married Gwyn Mervyn Grimond on 14 August 1918. She was the sister of Jo Grimond, Baron Grimond, the leader of the Liberal Party 1956-67 and daughter of Joseph Bowman Grimond of St. Andrews, Fife.

Lord Rowallan became Governor of Tasmania on October 21, 1959, serving until 1963.

He was Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth and Empire from 1945 to 1959. Rowallan was awarded the Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, in 1957.

Rowallan served on the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1947 until 1953.

He died at Rowallan Castle, Kilmarnock, Scotland on November 30, 1977.

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Government Offices
Preceded by Sir Ronald Cross	Governor of Tasmania 1959-1963	Succeeded by Lt-Gen Sir Charles Gairdner
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Archibald Corbett	Baron Rowallan 1933-1977	Succeeded by Arthur Cameron Corbett