Edric Bastyan

Lieutenant General Sir Edric Bastyan KCMG KCVO KBE CB
Sir Edric Bastyan (centre)
20th Governor of Tasmania
In office 2 December 1968 – 30 November 1973
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Sir Charles Gairdner
Succeeded by	Sir Stanley Burbury
25th Governor of South Australia
In office 4 April 1961 – 1 June 1968
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Sir Robert George
Succeeded by	Sir James Harrison
Personal details
Born	Edric Montague Bastyan (1903-04-05)5 April 1903 Seaforth, Lancashire
Died	6 October 1980(1980-10-06) (aged 77) North Adelaide, South Australia
Spouse(s)	Marjorie Dorothy Bowle Victoria Eugenie Helen Bett
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Mentioned in dispatches
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1923–1960
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Unit	Sherwood Foresters West Yorkshire Regiment Royal Irish Fusiliers
Commands	Commander British Forces in Hong Kong
Battles/wars	Arab revolt in Palestine World War II

Lieutenant-General Sir Edric Montague Bastyan KCMG KCVO KBE CB (5 April 1903 – 6 October 1980) was a senior British Army officer, who became Governor of South Australia from 4 April 1961 until 1 June 1968 then Governor of Tasmania from 2 December 1968 until 30 November 1973. He was the last British person to be governor of either state.

After studies at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Bastyan was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the British Army's Sherwood Foresters on 30 August 1923, and promoted to lieutenant on 30 August 1925. He was promoted to captain in the West Yorkshire Regiment on 4 April 1935 and attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1936–1937, transferring to the Royal Irish Fusiliers in 1937, and seeing service in Palestine from 1938–1939. Bastyan was promoted to major on 30 August 1940.