Dudley de Chair
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Admiral Sir Dudley de Chair KCB, KCMG, KBE, MVO |
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| 25th Governor of New South Wales | |
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In office 28 February 1924 – 9 April 1930 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Lieutenant |
Sir William Cullen Sir Philip Street |
| Preceded by | Sir Walter Davidson |
| Succeeded by | Sir Phillip Game |
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| Born |
Dudley Rawson de Chair 30 August 1864 Lennoxville, Province of Canada |
| Died | 17 August 1958 (aged 93) Brighton, England |
| Profession | Naval officer, colonial administrator |
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 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
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| Years of service | 1878–1923 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Unit | HMS Alexandra |
| Commands | Third Battle Squadron |
| Battles/wars |
Anglo-Egyptian War First World War |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Member of the Royal Victorian Order |
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Viceregal styles of Sir Dudley de Chair |
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| Reference style | His Excellency |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Alternative style | Sir |
Admiral Sir Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair KCB, KCMG, KBE, MVO (30 August 1864 – 17 August 1958) was a senior Royal Navy officer and later Governor of New South Wales.
De Chair joined the Royal Navy in 1878 and took part in the bombardment of Alexandria during the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882. He was promoted to commander on 22 July 1897, and to captain on 26 June 1902. He became Assistant Controller of the Navy in 1910 and Secretary to First Lord of the Admiralty in 1912. He served in the First World War as Commander of the 10th Cruiser Squadron from 1914 and, having been promoted to rear admiral on 31 July 1912, he became Naval Adviser to Foreign Office on Blockade Affairs in 1916. In April-May 1917 he was a member of the Balfour Mission, intended to promote cooperation between the US and UK during World War I. He went on to be Commander of the 3rd Battle Squadron in 1917, Admiral Commanding the Coastguard and Reserve in 1918 and President of the Interallied Commission on Enemy Warships in 1921 before retiring in 1923.
De Chair was appointed Governor of New South Wales on 8 November 1923. His uncle, Sir Harry Rawson, had held the same position twenty years earlier. Arriving in Sydney in 1924, de Chair became Governor in stable political times. However, when the Fuller Conservatives were defeated by the Labor Party under Jack Lang, de Chair found himself in conflict with Lang's revolutionary reform program, particularly over Lang's attempts to abolish the New South Wales Legislative Council. While Lang's attempts ultimately failed, de Chair failed to gain the support of an indifferent Dominions Office. With Lang's departure in 1927, the Nationalist Government of Thomas Bavin invited him in 1929 to stay on as Governor for a further term. De Chair agreed only to a year's extension and retired on 8 April 1930.
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