Winston Dugan, 1st Baron Dugan of Victoria

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Major General Winston Joseph Dugan, 1st Baron Dugan of Victoria GCMG CB KStJ DSO (1877–1951) was a British administrator and a career British Army officer. He fought with distinction in the Boer War and World War I. He served as Governor of South Australia from 1934 to 1939 then Governor of Victoria until 1949.

He was also the Administrator of the Commonwealth on two occasions: from 5 September 1944 to 30 January 1945, between the departure of the Governor-General Lord Gowrie and the arrival of his successor Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester; and from 19 January to 11 March 1947, between the departure of the Duke of Gloucester and the appointment of his successor Sir William McKell.

He was created Baron Dugan of Victoria on 7 July 1949. The title became extinct upon his death.

Dugan attended Lurgan College in the borough of Craigavon in Ireland from 1887 to 1889.

[edit] External links

• Craigavon Hostorical Society - Lurgan College Register (includes brief biography)
• King's College London Archives

Government offices
Preceded by Brigadier-General Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven	Governor of South Australia 1934–1939	Succeeded by Sir Charles Barclay-Harvey
Preceded by The Lord Huntingfield	Governor of Victoria 1939–1949	Succeeded by General Sir Dallas Brooks
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New Creation	Baron Dugan of Victoria 1949–1951	Succeeded by Extinct