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George Le Hunte was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of South Australia from 1903 to 1909. He held several other colonial posts including president of Dominica and lieutenant governor of British New Guinea prior to his time in South Australia.

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George Le Hunte: References

George Le Hunte was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of South Australia from 1903 to 1909. He held several other colonial posts including president of Dominica and lieutenant governor of British New Guinea prior to his time in South Australia.

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George Le Hunte
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Sir George Ruthven Le Hunte GCMG


(20 August 1852 29 January 1925) Sir George Le Hunte
was Governor of South Australia from 1 GCMG
July 1903 until 18 February 1909, soon
after federation of Australia.[1][2]

He was born in Porthgain,


Pembrokeshire, Wales, the son of
George and Mary Le Hunte. He was
educated at Eton College and Trinity
College, Cambridge.[3] He married
Caroline Rachel Clowes (cousin of
Evelyn May Clowes) on 14 February
1884.

Le Hunte served as President of


Dominica (188794), secretary of
Barbados (189497) and Mauritius
(1897); and Lieutenant-Governor of
British New Guinea (18991903).

As South Australian Governor, he


became the rst patron of the Royal
Automobile Association of South 15th Governor of South Australia
Australia when it was formed in 1903. In oce
1 July 1903 18 February 1909
He was later Governor of Trinidad and
Tobago from 1909 to 1916. Monarch Edward VII
Premier John Jenkins(1903-05)
The District Council of Le Hunte in the Richard Butler (1905)
north of Eyre Peninsula was named Thomas Price (1905-09)
after him before it was changed to
Wudinna District Council in 2008. Preceded by Lord Tennyson
Succeeded by Sir Day Bosanquet
References Personal details
Born 20 August 1852
1. Le Hunte, Sir George Ruthven
(18521925) (http://adb.anu.edu.au Died 29 January 1925
/biography/le-hunte-sir-george- (aged72)
ruthven-7162), Australian Dictionary Nationality British
of Biography
2. Obituary (http://www.jstor.org/stable
/1782576) JSTOR

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3. "Le Hunte, George Ruthven (L870GR)" (http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-


2016.pl?sur=&suro=w&r=&ro=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&z=all&tex=L870GR&
sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50). A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of
Cambridge.

Diane Langmore, 'Le Hunte, Sir George Ruthven (1852 - 1925)


(http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100061b.htm)', Australian
Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, MUP, 1986, pp 6667.

External links
World Statesmen - Trinindad and Tobago (http://www.worldstatesmen.org
/Trinidad.html)
World Statesmen - Dominica (http://www.worldstatesmen.org
/Dominica.html)
World Statesmen - Papua New guinea (http://www.worldstatesmen.org
/Papua_New_Guinea.htm)

Government oces
Succeededby
Precededby President of Dominica
Edward Baynes
James Meade 1887 - 1894
(acting)
Succeededby
Precededby Lieutenant-Governor of Christopher
Sir William British New Guinea Stanseld Robinson
MacGregor 18981903 (acting
Administrator)
Precededby Succeededby
Right Honourable Governor of South Australia Admiral Sir Day Hort
Hallam, Lord 19031909 Bosanquet, GCVO,
Tennyson, KCMG KCB
Precededby Governor of Trinidad and Succeededby
Sir Henry Moore Tobago LtCol. Sir John
Jackson 19091916 Robert Chancellor

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Categories: Governors of South Australia Governors of Trinidad and Tobago


1852 births 1925 deaths
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Colonial Administrative Service ocers People from Pembrokeshire
People educated at Eton College Governors of the Territory of Papua
Colonial Secretaries of Barbados

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