28 May, 1909 to 11 Mar, 1913
Baron Chelmsford (Frederic
John Napier Thesiger), GCMG (later Viscount Chelmsford)
[Courtesy of Government House,
Historic Houses Trust]
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Twenty second governor of New South Wales.
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Born in England in 1868.
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Appointed Governor of Queensland in July, 1905.
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In May, 1909, he left Queensland to become Governor of New South Wales.
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His term in Sydney was distinguished by cordial relations with the State's first Labor government under J.S.T. McGowen. It was noted that "without attempting to usurp the functions of his advisers, the Governor was their guide, philosopher, and friend."
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From December, 1909 to January, 1910 he acted as Governor-general when Lord Dudley was on leave.
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On returning to London, he was appointed Agent-General for New South Wales in June 1926. The Labor Premier, J. T. Lang, said that "it was absolutely necessary that the State should be represented by a gentleman who would be in close touch with the London financial market."
- Died in England
in 1933.
Chris Cunneen ' CHELMSFORD, F. J. N. T, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 7, ed. Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, pp 630-63