Ralph Gray, Baron Gray of Naunton
Ralph Francis Alnwick Gray, Baron Gray of Naunton (born April 15, 1910 in Wellington , New Zealand , † October 17, 1999 in Naunton , Gloucestershire ) was a British colonial official and the last Governor of Northern Ireland .
biography
Gray, who was accepted into the Royal Victorian Order as Knight Commander in 1956 and henceforth the addition of Sir , was appointed Deputy Governor General of Nigeria in 1957 and remained in this post until 1959. Between 1959 and 1964 he was Governor of British Guiana and was then replaced in this office by the later Governor General Richard Edmonds Luyt . He was then governor of the Bahamas from 1964 to 1968 .
On September 17, 1968, after his confirmation by the House of Lords as a life peer , he was raised to the nobility with the title Baron Gray of Naunton , of Naunton in the County of Gloucestershire . On December 3, 1968, he was appointed Governor of Northern Ireland . He held this office until its abolition on July 18, 1973 and then handed over most of the powers to the then Secretary of State for Northern Ireland William Whitelaw , who was also a member of the cabinet of Prime Minister Edward Heath .
He was then from 1973 to 1979 Vice Chairman of the Commonwealth of Nations Development Corporation (Commonwealth Development Corporation). Most recently, Baron Gray was President of the British Nigerian Society from 1983 to 1989.
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| SURNAME | Gray, Ralph, Baron Gray of Naunton |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ralph Francis Alnwick Gray, Baron Gray of Naunton; Gray, Sir Ralph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Colonial Governor of British Guiana, Bahamas and Northern Ireland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wellington , New Zealand |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 17, 1999 |
| Place of death | Naunton , Gloucestershire |