Archibald Weigall
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Lieutenant Colonel Sir Archibald Weigall Bt KCMG |
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| 18th Governor of South Australia | |
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In office 9 June 1920 – 30 May 1922 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Premier | Henry Barwell (1920–22) |
| Preceded by | Sir Henry Galway |
| Succeeded by | Tom Bridges |
| Member of Parliament for Horncastle | |
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In office 16 February 1911 – 2 February 1920 |
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| Preceded by | Lord Willoughby de Eresby |
| Succeeded by | Stafford Vere Hotchkin |
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| Born |
William Ernest George Archibald Weigall 8 December 1874 |
| Died | 3 June 1952 (aged 77) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Royal Agricultural College |
Sir William Ernest George Archibald Weigall, 1st Baronet KCMG (8 December 1874 – 3 June 1952) was a British Conservative politician who was Governor of South Australia from 9 June 1920 until 30 May 1922.
Weigall was the fifth son of a Victorian artist, Henry Weigall (best known for his portrait of Disraeli in 1878–1879), and his wife, Lady Rose Fane, daughter of John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland. Through his mother, he was connected to several powerful aristocratic dynasties. One of his older brothers was the cricketer Gerry Weigall (born Gerald John Villiers Weigall).
He married 16 August 1910 in Metheringham, Lincolnshire, a divorcee, Grace Emily, Baroness von Echardstein, née Grace Emily Blundell Maple (1876–1950), only surviving child of the deceased furniture magnate Sir John Blundell Maple (1845–1903) who had left a fortune of £2,153,000. She was the former wife of Baron Hermann von Eckardstein (1864–1933) of the German Embassy (whom she had married in 1896). By his wife, Weigall had one daughter; his wife also suffered several miscarriages, including in Australia.
Their country residence was 'Englemere' at Ascot in Berkshire.
His daughter Priscilla married 1935 Edward Curzon, C.B.E. (1908–1984), son and heir of Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, 5th Earl Howe. They had two daughters before they divorced in 1943.
Weigall's great-grandson is British actor Jake Weber.
Educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, and the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Weigall became an estate manager.
He joined the 3rd (Militia) Battalion of the Northamptonshire Regiment (the Northampton and Rutland Militia), and served in the Second Boer War during 1900. He was promoted captain on 4 April 1902, and later major. In World War I, he served with the Northamptonshire Regiment and on the staff, finishing with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
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