Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore
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The Right Honourable The Earl of Kintore KT GCMG PC |
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| 12th Governor of South Australia | |
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In office 11 April 1889 – 10 April 1895 |
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Premier |
Thomas Playford II (1889) John Cockburn (1889-90) Thomas Playford II (1890-92) Frederick Holder (1892) Sir John Downer (1892-93) Charles Kingston (1893-95) |
| Preceded by | Sir William Robinson |
| Succeeded by | Sir Thomas Buxton |
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| Born | 12 August 1852 |
| Died | 3 March 1930 (aged 77) |
| Nationality | British |
Algernon Hawkins Thomond Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, Lord Inverurie KT GCMG PC FRSE (12 August 1852 – 3 March 1930) was a British politician and colonial governor.
Born at Lixmount House, in Trinity, Edinburgh, Keith-Falconer was the eldest son of Francis Keith Falconer, 8th Earl of Kintore and his wife Louisa Madeleine, née Hawkins. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.
In 1880, Lord Kintore was the unsuccessful Conservative candidate for Chelsea. He succeeded to his father's titles upon his father's death in 1880, was appointed First Government Whip in the House of Lords in 1885 and was a Lord-in-Waiting from 1885 to 1886 and from 1895 to 1905. In 1886 he was invested as a Privy Counsellor. In 1913 he was elected a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords.
Lord Kintore was Governor of South Australia between 1889 and 10 April 1895. He was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) on his appointment. A freemason, he was also Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of South Australia during his term as Governor (1889-1895).
He arrived with his family at Adelaide in South Australia on 11 April 1889 aboard the Orient and was formally welcomed by the administrator, Chief Justice Samuel Way, who later resigned as Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of South Australia in his favour.
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