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Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar, KT, GCMG, PC (6 March 1860 – 30 March 1934) was a British politician who served as the sixth Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1914 to 1920.
Sir Ronald Crauford Munro Ferguson, Viscount Novar of Raith (1860-1934), governor-general, was born on 6 March 1860, at Raith House, Fife, Scotland, eldest child of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Ferguson, M.P., and his wife Emma Eliza Ferguson, née Mandeville.
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Considered one of Australia’s most able early Governors-General, Ronald Munro Ferguson’s service coincided with World War I. He is remembered for authorising Australia’s first double dissolution election and his close involvement in the nation’s political and military affairs. [1]
Sir Hector Munro's sons were both killed in India, one by a tiger and one by a shark in the Bay of Bengal. Therefore, the estate passed, after the death of his nephew Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro of Novar, to his daughter Jean Munro who married Ronald Ferguson of Raith.
21 de ene. de 2024 · Sir Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson (1860–1934) was born at Raith House, Fife, Scotland. His father was the Member of Parliament for Kircaldy and owned extensive landholdings, including coal mines. Ferguson was educated privately and, after attending Sandhurst, served in the Grenadier Guards from 1879 to 1884.
Description. Ronald Munro Ferguson was Australia’s sixth Governor-General, serving from 1914 to 1920. Born Ronald Craufurd Ferguson on 6 March 1860 in Scotland, he was the eldest child of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Ferguson, a wealthy member of the British House of Commons who, in 1864, inherited the estates of Novar in Ross-shire and Muirton, ...
Considered one of Australia’s most able early Governors-General, Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson’s (1860-1934) service coincided with World War I. He is remembered for authorising Australia’s first double dissolution election and his close involvement in the nation’s political and military affairs. 1
