Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon

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.

He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was Member of Parliament for Hastings and for Bodmin from 1900 to 1910.

He was raised to the peerage as a Baron in 1910, and promoted to Viscount in 1924, Earl in 1931 and Marquess in 1936.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Lucas-Shadwell	Member of Parliament for Hastings 1900–1906	Succeeded by William Harvey du Cros
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

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