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Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford

The Right Honourable
The Viscount Chelmsford
GCSI GCMG GCIE GBE PC
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Viceroy and Governor-General of India
In office
4 April 1916 – 2 April 1921
Monarch George V
Preceded by The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst
Succeeded by The Earl of Reading
22nd Governor of New South Wales
In office
28 May 1909 – 11 March 1913
Monarch Edward VII
George V
Lieutenant Sir Frederick Darley
Sir William Cullen
Preceded by Sir Harry Rawson
Succeeded by Gerald Strickland
First Lord of the Admiralty
In office
28 January 1924 – 7 November 1924
Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald
Preceded by Leo Amery
Succeeded by William Bridgeman
Personal details
Born (1868-08-12)12 August 1868
London, United Kingdom
Died 1 April 1933(1933-04-01) (aged 64)
London, United Kingdom
Nationality British
Spouse(s) Dame Frances Charlotte Guest, GBE
Alma mater Magdalen College, Oxford
Profession Politician and Colonial Administrator
Viceregal styles of
The Viscount Chelmsford
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Reference style His Excellency The Right Honourable
Spoken style Your Excellency
Alternative style Sir

Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GBE, PC (12 August 1868 – 1 April 1933) was a British statesman who served as Governor of Queensland from 1905 to 1909, Governor of New South Wales from 1909 to 1913, and Viceroy of India from 1916 to 1921, where he was responsible for the creation of the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms. After serving a short time as First Lord of the Admiralty in the government of Ramsay MacDonald, he was appointed the Agent-General for New South Wales by the government of Jack Lang before his retirement.

Thesiger had been born on 12 August 1868 in London, England, the son of the 2nd Baron Chelmsford and Adria Heath. He was educated at Winchester College and progressed in 1887 to Magdalen College, Oxford. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with first-class honours in law in 1891 and further gained a master's degree (MA) in 1894. Thesiger was also elected as a fellow of All Souls College (1892–1899). In 1893 he was called to the Bar of the Inner Temple to practice law. He joined the army as a Captain in the Dorset Regiment, 4th Battalion.


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