Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote
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The Right Honourable The Lord Northcote GCMG GCIE CB PC |
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| 3rd Governor-General of Australia | |
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In office 21 January 1904 – 9 September 1908 |
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| Monarch | Edward VII |
| Prime Minister |
Alfred Deakin Chris Watson George Reid |
| Preceded by | The Lord Tennyson |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Dudley |
| Governor of Bombay | |
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In office 17 February 1900 – 5 September 1903 |
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| Preceded by | William Mansfield |
| Succeeded by | James Monteath |
| Member of Parliament for Exeter |
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In office 1 April 1880 – 19 December 1899 Serving with Edward Johnson (1880–1885) |
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| Preceded by | Edward Johnson |
| Succeeded by | Edgar Vincent |
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18 November 1846 London, United Kingdom |
| Died | 29 September 1911 (aged 64) Ashford, Kent United Kingdom |
| Spouse(s) | Alice Stephen (died 1934) |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford |
Henry Stafford Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote GCMG GCIE CB PC (18 November 1846 – 29 September 1911), known as Sir Henry Northcote, Bt, between 1887 and 1900, was a Conservative politician and colonial administrator. He served as the third Governor-General of Australia between 1904 and 1908.
Northcote was born in London, the second son of the prominent Conservative politician Sir Stafford Northcote, later first Earl of Iddesleigh, by his wife Cecilia Frances, daughter of Thomas Farrer and sister of Thomas Farrer, 1st Baron Farrer. He was educated at Eton and Merton College, Oxford (B.A. 1869; M.A. 1873), and then joined the Foreign Office as a diplomat.
Northcote was secretary to the British delegation negotiating the Alabama Claims between 1871 and 1873. From 1877 to 1880 he was private secretary to his father, then Chancellor of the Exchequer. In 1880 he was elected to the House of Commons as MP for Exeter, a seat he held until 1899. He served under Lord Salisbury as Financial Secretary to the War Office between 1885 and 1886 and as Surveyor-General of the Ordnance between 1886 and 1888, when that office was abolished. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1880 and created a Baronet, of Seamore Place in the Parish of St George, Hanover Square, in the County of Middlesex, in 1887. On his resignation after 20 years as MP, he was in January 1900 presented with the Freedom of the City of Exeter.
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