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Charles Norrie, 1st Baron Norrie

Lieutenant General The Right Honourable
The Lord Norrie
GCMG, GCVO, CB, DSO, MC & Bar
Willoughby Norrie.jpg
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.


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