Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael

Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 11th Baronet

Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael (born March 18, 1859 in Edinburgh , Scotland , † January 16, 1926 in London , England ) was a liberal Scottish politician and governor of the British colonies in Madras and Bengal as well as the Australian state of Victoria .

Life

Thomas Gibson-Carmichael was born in 1859 to the pastor Sir William Henry Gibson-Carmichael, 10th Baronet (1827-1891). He graduated from St John's College in Cambridge with a master's degree in 1884. As a liberal politician, he entered parliament from 1895 to 1900. When his father died on December 19, 1891, he inherited his nobility title, created in 1702 in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, as 11th Baronet, of Keirhill in the County of Edinburgh.

In 1908 Carmichael was appointed governor of Victoria. He took office on July 27th. On December 3 of the same year, he had parliament dissolved after Prime Minister Thomas Bent was declared suspicious. In the following elections, John Murray later emerged victorious.

On May 29, 1911, Carmichael left Melbourne and became governor of Madras. The following year he was appointed governor of Bengal. On February 7, 1912, he was raised to Baron Carmichael , of Skirling in the County of Peebles, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

In 1917 he left India . He died in London on January 16, 1926. Since his marriage to the Hon. Mary Helen Elizabeth Nugent in 1886 remained childless, his baron title expired on his death and the baronet title fell to a relative.

Awards

Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (1904)
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (1911)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of India (1917)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1902)

literature

LR Gardiner: Carmichael, Sir Thomas David Gibson (1859-1926) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1966–2012 (English).

Individual evidence

^ The London Gazette : No. 28579, p. 972. February 9, 1912.
^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed October 16, 2019 .

predecessor	Office	successor
William Gibson-Carmichael	Baronet (of Keirhill) 1891-1926	Henry Gibson-Craig-Carmichael
New title created	Baron Carmichael 1912-1926	Title expired

personal data
SURNAME	Gibson-Carmichael, Thomas, 1st Baron Carmichael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gibson-Carmichael, Thomas; Gibson-Carmichael, Sir Thomas, 11th Baronet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British politician, governor of Madras, Bengal and Victoria
DATE OF BIRTH	March 18, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH	Edinburgh , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH	January 16, 1926
Place of death	London , England

[1] The London Gazette : No. 28579, p. 972. February 9, 1912.

[2] Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed October 16, 2019 .