Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland
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The Right Honourable The Lord Strickland, Count della Catena GCMG |
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| 4th Prime Minister of Malta | |
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In office 9 August 1927 – 21 June 1932 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Governor | |
| Preceded by | Sir Ugo Mifsud |
| Succeeded by | Sir Ugo Mifsud |
| 23rd Governor of New South Wales | |
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In office 14 March 1913 – 27 October 1917 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Premier | |
| Preceded by | Lord Chelmsford |
| Succeeded by | Sir Walter Davidson |
| 15th Governor of Western Australia | |
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In office 31 May 1909 – 16 March 1913 |
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| Premier | |
| Preceded by | Sir Frederick Bedford |
| Succeeded by | Sir Harry Barron |
| 9th Governor of Tasmania | |
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In office 28 October 1904 – 20 May 1909 |
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| Monarch | Edward VII |
| Premier | John Evans |
| Preceded by | Sir Arthur Havelock |
| Succeeded by | Sir Harry Barron |
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24 May 1861 Valletta, Malta |
| Died |
22 August 1940 (aged 79) Attard, Malta |
| Political party | Constitutional Party |
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| Children | Eight |
| Alma mater | Trinity College |
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Viceregal styles of Sir Gerald Strickland |
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| Reference style | His Excellency |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Alternative style | Sir |
Gerald Paul Joseph Cajetan Carmel Antony Martin Strickland, 6th Count della Catena, 1st Baron Strickland, GCMG (24 May 1861 – 22 August 1940) was a Maltese and British politician and peer, who served as Prime Minister of Malta, Governor of the Leeward Islands, Governor of Tasmania, Governor of Western Australia and Governor of New South Wales, in addition to sitting successively in the House of Commons and House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Strickland was born in Valletta, the son of naval officer Commander Walter Strickland, from the ancient English Strickland family of Sizergh, and Maria Aloysia Bonici-Mompalao, the niece and heiress of Sir Nicholas Sceberras Bologna, fifth Count della Catena in Malta, whom Gerald succeeded in 1875. He was educated at St Mary's College, Oscott, and Trinity College, Cambridge (BA, LLB). Upon graduating, he was admitted to Inner Temple in 1887 entitled to practice as a Barrister-at-Law. He gained the rank of Major in the service of the Royal Malta Militia.
Elected in 1886 to the council of the government of Malta, Strickland began to take an active part in Maltese politics at an early age and in December 1887, he accompanied Dr. Fortunato Mizzi – founder of the Maltese Nationalist Party – to the first Colonial Conference in London to submit a scheme for a legislative assembly. The result was that the new Maltese Constitution of December 1887 was largely based on the joint Strickland-Mizzi proposals. In the following year, he was appointed as Assistant Secretary to Malta in 1888 and held the office of Chief Secretary of Malta in 1889, a post which he held till July 1902 when to avert more trouble in Malta which were created by his orders in councils to increase taxation, he was appointed as Governor of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean (1902 to 1904). He was then appointed as Governor of Tasmania (1904 to 1909) and Governor of Western Australia (1909 to 1913). In the early years consequent upon Australian Federation he was involved in the delicate matter of State rights and the developing nature of the appointment, role and salaries of governors. Appointed as Governor of New South Wales in March 1913, on 30 May 1913 he was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG).
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