Humphrey T. Walwyn Politician

Vice-Admiral Sir Humphrey Thomas Walwyn KCSI KCMG CB DSO (25 January 1879 – 29 December 1957) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who served during the Second Boer War and World War I, and was the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Indian Navy from 1928 until his retirement in 1934. He then served as Governor of Newfoundland from 1936, throughout World War II, until 1946.

Personal facts

Humphrey T. Walwyn
Birth dateJanuary 25, 1879
Birth place
England
Date of deathDecember 29, 1957
Place of death
England , Dorset , Maiden Newton
Profession
List of lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador

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Office holder

awards
Order of the Bath
Order of the Star of India
Order of Saint Stanislaus (Imperial House of Romanov)
Distinguished Service Order
Order of St Michael and St George
military operations
Battle of Jutland
Second Boer War
World War I
military branch
Royal Navy
military command
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* 2nd Destroyer Flotilla
* 7th Destroyer Flotilla
* Royal Indian Marine
military rank
Vice admiral (Royal Navy)
officeCommission Governor of Newfoundland
service end1934
service start1893
successor
Gordon Macdonald 1st Baron Macdonald of Gwaenysgor

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External resources

  1. http://www.heritage.nf.ca/govhouse/governors/g67.html