Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan

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Thomas Godfrey Polson Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan
In office
October 21, 1959 – March 25, 1963
Preceded by Ronald Cross
Succeeded by Charles Gairdner
Born December 19, 1895
Chelsea, London, England
Died November 30, 1977
Rowallan Castle, Kilmarnock, Scotland
Spouse Gwyn Mervyn Grimond

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.[1] Rowallan was awarded the Silver Buffalo Award, the highest award of the Boy Scouts of America in 1948.[2] Re received 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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Meet the Chiefs. The Scout Information Centre (October 2004). Retrieved on 2007-12-08.
  2. ^ 2007 Silver Buffalo Awards for Distinguished Service to Youth on a National Level. Scouting. Boy Scouts of America National Council (2007). Retrieved on 2007-07-18.

[edit] See also

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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
The Boy Scouts Association
Preceded by
Lord Somers		 Chief Scout
of the British Commonwealth and Empire
1945 – 1959		 Succeeded by
Lord Maclean
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