Sir Francis Alexander Newdigate Newdegate GCMG (13 December 1862 — 2 January 1936) was Governor of Tasmania from 1917 to 1920 and Governor of Western Australia from 1920 to 1924.Born in 1862 he was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Francis William Newdigate and his first wife Charlotte Elizabeth Agnes Sophia Woodford and grandson of Francis Parker Newdigate. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1883.
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active years end date
1924-06-16
active years start date
1917-03-30
birth date
1862-12-31
birth place
England, Chelsea London
death date
1936-01-02
death place
England, Nuneaton, Warwickshire
order in office
12th Governor of Tasmania, 20th Governor of Western Australia
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