Harry Barron

Major-General
Sir Harry Barron
KCMG, CVO
Major-General Sir Harry Barron KCMG, CVO
10th Governor of Tasmania
	In office; 29 September 1909 – 9 March 1913
Monarchs	Edward VII ; George V
Preceded by	Sir Gerald Strickland
Succeeded by	Sir William Ellison-Macartney
16th Governor of Western Australia
	In office; 17 March 1913 – 8 April 1917
Monarch	George V
Premier	John Scaddan (1913–16); Frank Wilson (1916–17)
Preceded by	Sir Gerald Strickland
Succeeded by	Sir William Ellison-Macartney
Personal details
Born	11 August 1847; Denmark Hill, Surrey, England
Died	27 March 1921 (aged 73); Weybridge, Surrey, England
Spouse	Clara Emily Kelly
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1867–1909
Rank	Major General
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George; Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

Major General Sir Harry Barron, KCMG, CVO (11 August 1847 – 27 March 1921) was a British Army officer who served as Governor of Tasmania from 1909 to 1913, and Governor of Western Australia from 1913 to 1917.^[1]

Life[edit]

Barron was born in 1847 and attended Stubbington House School.^[2] In 1877 he married Clara Emily, daughter of Major General T. Conyngham Kelly; they had one daughter.

Barron was Governor of Tasmania from 1909 to 1913, and Governor of Western Australia from 1913 to 1917.

In 1920, he was made colonel commandant of the Royal Artillery.^[1]

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b Bolton, G. C. (1979). "Barron, Sir Harry (1847–1921)". Melbourne University Publishing. pp. 190–191. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
^ "BARRON, Maj.-Gen. Sir Harry". Who Was Who. -A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press. December 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2012.(subscription required)

Sources[edit]

A. B. Keith, Responsible Government in the Dominions, vol 1 (Oxford, 1928); Mercury (Hobart), 28 Dec 1912; West Australian (Perth), 13 Mar 1913, 3–8, 26, 27 Feb 1917.

Government offices
Preceded by Sir Gerald Strickland	Governor of Tasmania 1909–1913	Succeeded by Sir William Ellison-Macartney
Preceded by Sir Gerald Strickland	Governor of Western Australia 1913–1917	Succeeded by Sir William Ellison-Macartney

[HarryBolton-1] Bolton, G. C. (1979). "Barron, Sir Harry (1847–1921)". Melbourne University Publishing. pp. 190–191. Retrieved 31 January 2010.

[2] "BARRON, Maj.-Gen. Sir Harry". Who Was Who. -A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press. December 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2012.(subscription required)

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v t e Governors of Tasmania
Lieutenant-Governors of Van Diemen's Land	Collins Davey Sorell Arthur Franklin Eardley-Wilmot Denison
Before Federation	Young Browne Du Cane Weld Strahan Hamilton Viscount Gormanston
After Federation	Havelock Strickland Barron Ellison-Macartney Newdegate Allardyce O'Grady Clark Binney Cross Baron Rowallan Gairdner Bastyan Burbury Plimsoll Bennett Green Butler Cox Underwood Warner Baker

v t e Governors of Western Australia
Before Federation	Stirling Hutt Clarke Irwin Fitzgerald Kennedy Hampton Pine Weld Robinson Ord Robinson Broome Robinson Smith
After Federation	Lawley Bedford Strickland Barron Ellison-Macartney Newdegate Campion Mitchell Gairdner Kendrew Edwards Kyle Trowbridge Reid Burt Jeffery J. Sanderson Michael McCusker K. Sanderson Beazley Dawson

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