Davis McCaughey
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Davis McCaughey AC |
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| 23rd Governor of Victoria | |
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In office 18 February 1986 – 22 April 1992 |
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| Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Sir Brian Murray |
| Succeeded by | Richard McGarvie |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
John Davis McCaughey 12 July 1914 Belfast, Ireland |
| Died | 25 March 2005 (aged 90) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Jean McCaughey |
| Religion | Christian (Uniting Church) |
John Davis McCaughey AC (12 July 1914 – 25 March 2005) was a Bible scholar, Christian minister, university administrator and the Governor of Victoria from 1986 to 1992.
McCaughey was ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1941 and during the next decade he also worked for the British Council of Churches.
In 1953 the McCaughey family emigrated to Australia for him to become the Professor of New Testament Studies for the Theological Hall at Ormond College, University of Melbourne.
He was Master of Ormond between 1957 and 1979. He served as Deputy Chancellor of the University of Melbourne in 1978 and 1979. He was also involved in the foundation of La Trobe University in the mid-1960s.
McCaughey was a key architect in the formation of the Uniting Church in Australia, which brought together many congregations of the Presbyterian Church of Australia, the Methodist Church of Australasia and the Congregational Union of Australia. He was the primary author behind the Basis of Union, the foundational theological document which led to the formation of the new denomination, and the president of the first Assembly of the Uniting Church from 1977 to 1979.
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