| The Right Honourable The Earl of Kintore PC, GCMG |
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| 12th Governor of South Australia | |
| In office 11 April 1889 – 10 April 1895 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Premier | Thomas Playford II (1889) John Cockburn (1889-90) Thomas Playford II (1890-92) Frederick Holder (1892) Sir John Downer (1892-93) Charles Kingston (1893-95) |
| Preceded by | Sir William Robinson |
| Succeeded by | Sir Thomas Buxton |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | British |
Algernon Hawkins Thogond Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore PC, GCMG (12 August 1852 – 3 March 1930), was a British politician and colonial governor.
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Born at Lixmount House, near Edinburgh, Keith-Falconer was the eldest son of Francis Keith Falconer, 8th Earl of Kintore and his wife Louisa Madaleine, née Hawkins.[1] He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.[2]
In 1880, Lord Kintore was unsuccessful Conservative candidate for Chelsea. Also in 1880, he succeeded his father's titles after his death. He was appointed First Government Whip in the House of Lords in 1885 and was a Lord-in-Waiting from 1885 to 1886 and from 1895 to 1905. One year after his appointment, he became a member of the Privy Council. In 1913 he was made Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords.
Lord Kintore was Governor of South Australia between 1889 and 10 April 1895. He arrived with his family at Adelaide in South Australia on 11 April 1889 aboard the Orient and was formally welcomed by the administrator, Chief Justice Samuel Way, who later resigned as Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of South Australia in his favour. He was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) on his appointment. He was also a Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy, a 1st Class Order of the Red Eagle of Prussia, a Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ of Portugal and a Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star of Sweden.
Lord Kintore married Lady Sydney Charlotte Montagu (14 October 1851 – Keith Hall, Inverurie, Aberdeen, 21 September 1932), second daughter of George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester, at St George's, Hanover Square, London, on 14 August 1873. He died on 3 March 1930 aged 77 at 10 Park Place, St James Street, London, of acute bronchitis and periurethral abscess. He was interred on 7 March 1930 at Keith Hall, Inverurie, Aberdeen, survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters. He was succeeded on the earldom by his second but only surviving son, Arthur. Kintore's daughter Lady Ethel Sydney Keith-Falconer, wife of John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven, eventually inherited the earldom.
| Party political offices | ||
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| Preceded by The Earl of Lathom |
Conservative Chief Whip in the Lords 1885–1889 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Limerick |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by The Earl of Dalhousie |
Lord-in-Waiting 1885–1886 |
Succeeded by The Lord Camoys |
| Preceded by The Lord Monson |
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 1886–1889 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Limerick |
| Preceded by The Lord Henniker |
Lord-in-Waiting 1895–1905 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Granard |
| Government offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir William Robinson |
Governor of South Australia 1889–1895 |
Succeeded by Sir Thomas Buxton |
| Peerage of Scotland | ||
| Preceded by Francis Alexander Keith-Falconer |
Earl of Kintore 1880–1930 |
Succeeded by Arthur George Keith-Falconer |
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