List of Governors General of New Zealand
With the Letters Patent of May 11, 1917 was New Zealand , in recognition of the support of the then United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the First World War (1914-1918), as a permanent representative of the crown to the Governor General and Commander-in-Chief ( commander ) by V. King George awarded. On June 28, 1917, Governor Arthur Foljambe, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, became the first Governor General of New Zealand.
Governors General
No. | Surname | Life dates | Start of office | End of office |
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1. | Arthur Foljambe, 2nd Earl of Liverpool | 1870-1941 | June 28, 1917 | July 8, 1920 |
2. | John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe | 1859-1935 | September 27, 1920 | December 12, 1924 |
3. | Charles Fergusson, 7th Baronet | 1865-1951 | December 13, 1924 | February 8, 1930 |
4th | Charles Bathurst, 1st Baron Bledisloe | 1867-1958 | March 19, 1930 | March 15, 1935 |
5. | George Monckton-Arundell, 8th Viscount Galway | 1882-1943 | April 12, 1935 | February 3, 1941 |
6th | Cyril Newall, 1st Baron Newall | 1886-1963 | February 22, 1941 | April 19, 1946 |
7th | Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg | 1889-1963 | June 17, 1946 | 15th August 1952 |
8th. | Charles Norrie, 1st Baron Norrie | 1893-1977 | 2nd December 1952 | 5th July 1957 |
9. | Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham | 1909-1977 | 5th September 1957 | September 13, 1962 |
10. | Bernard Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae | 1911-1980 | November 9, 1962 | 20th October 1967 |
11. | Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt | 1900-1994 | 1st December 1967 | 7th September 1972 |
12. | Denis Blundell | 1907-1984 | September 27, 1972 | 5th October 1977 |
13. | Keith Holyoake | 1904-1983 | October 26, 1977 | October 25, 1980 |
14th | David Beattie | 1924-2001 | November 6, 1980 | November 21, 1985 |
15th | Paul Reeves | 1932-2011 | November 22, 1985 | November 19, 1990 |
16. | Catherine Tizard | * 1931 | December 13, 1990 | March 3, 1996 |
17th | Michael Hardie Boys | * 1931 | March 21, 1996 | March 21, 2001 |
18th | Silvia Cartwright | * 1943 | April 4, 2001 | August 4, 2006 |
19th | Anand Satyanand | * 1944 | August 23, 2006 | 23 August 2011 |
20th | Jerry Mateparae | * 1954 | August 31, 2011 | August 31, 2016 |
21st | Patsy Reddy | * 1954 | September 28, 2016 |
See also
literature
- Gavin McLean, The Governors-New Zealand's Governors and Governors-General , Otago University Press, Dunedin, New Zealand, 2006. ISBN 1-877372-25-0
Web links
Commons : Governors General of New Zealand - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Homepage . the Governor-General,accessed February 13, 2019.
- Former Governors-General . the Governor-General, May 9, 2017,accessed February 13, 2019.