Charles Norrie, 1st Baron Norrie

Lieutenant General The Right Honourable The Lord Norrie GCMG, GCVO, CB, DSO, MC & Bar
Lord Norrie in 1944
8th Governor-General of New Zealand
In office 2 December 1952 – 5 July 1957
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Premier	Sidney Holland
Preceded by	The Lord Freyberg
Succeeded by	The Viscount Cobham
23rd Governor of South Australia
In office 19 December 1944 – 19 June 1952
Monarch	George VI Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey
Succeeded by	Sir Robert George
Personal details
Born	26 September 1893
Died	25 May 1977(1977-05-25) (aged 83)
Nationality	British
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1913–1944
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	11th Hussars
Commands	Commander Royal Armoured Corps XXX Corps 1st Armoured Division 1st Armoured Brigade 11th Hussars
Battles/wars	First World War Second World War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Military Cross & Bar Knight of the Venerable Order of St John Mentioned in despatches (2)

Lieutenant General Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, 1st Baron Norrie, GCMG, GCVO, CB, DSO, MC & Bar (26 September 1893 – 25 May 1977) was a senior officer of the British Army who fought in both World Wars, following which he served terms as Governor of South Australia and the eighth Governor-General of New Zealand.

Educated at Eton College and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the British Army's 11th Hussars in 1913. He served in the First World War, in which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order, the Military Cross and Bar, was twice mentioned in despatches, and was wounded four times. He became, successively, a Staff Captain in the 73rd Brigade; General Staff Officer Grade 3 (GSO3) in XVIII Corps; brigade major in the 90th Brigade, and in the 2nd Tank Brigade; and second GSO in the 2nd Battalion, Tank Corps. In January 1919 he changed his name by deed poll from Moke-Norrie to Norrie.