John Baird 1st Viscount Stonehaven Politician

John Lawrence Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven, GCMG, DSO, PC, JP, DL (27 April 1874 – 20 August 1941), known as Sir John Baird, Bt, between 1920 and 1925 and as The Lord Stonehaven between 1925 and 1928, was a British Conservative politician, who served as a Member of Parliament, government minister, and was later the eighth Governor-General of Australia.

Personal facts

John Baird 1st Viscount Stonehaven
Alias (AKA)Baird John Lawrence
Birth dateApril 27, 1874
Birth place
Chelsea London , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , County of London
Date of deathAugust 20, 1941
Place of death
Aberdeenshire , United Kingdom , Stonehaven , Ury House
Education
Christ Church Oxford

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Office holder

monarch
George V
officeGovernor-General of Australia
party
Conservative Party (UK)
prime minister
successor
Harry Gosling
Frederick William Jowett

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External resources

  1. http://www.kittybrewster.com/ancestry/baird.htm