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John de Vere Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst

The Right Honourable
The Lord Wakehurst
KG, KCMG, GCStJ
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29th Governor of New South Wales
In office
8 April 1937 – 8 January 1946
Monarch George VI
Lieutenant Sir Philip Street
Sir Frederick Jordan
Preceded by Admiral Sir David Anderson
Succeeded by Lieutenant General Sir John Northcott
3rd Governor of Northern Ireland
In office
1 December 1952 – 1 December 1964
Monarch Elizabeth II
Preceded by The Earl Granville
Succeeded by The Lord Erskine of Rerrick
Personal details
Born (1895-02-05)5 February 1895
Chelsea, London, England
Died 30 October 1970(1970-10-30) (aged 75)
Chelsea, London, England
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Margaret, Baroness Wakehurst (née Tennant)
Children 4
Alma mater Eton College
Profession Soldier, politician, colonial administrator
Religion Anglican
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1914–1919
Rank Captain
Unit Royal Sussex Regiment
Intelligence Corps
Battles/wars

First World War

Awards Mentioned in despatches
Viceregal styles of
The Lord Wakehurst
Badge of the Governor of New South Wales.svg
Reference style His Excellency
Spoken style Your Excellency
Alternative style Sir

First World War

John de Vere Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst KG, KCMG, GCStJ (5 February 1895 – 30 October 1970) was a British Army officer, politician and colonial administrator. After serving in the army, the Foreign Office, and as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons, Wakehurst was appointed as the last British Governor of New South Wales, which he held from 1937–46. Upon returning to Britain he was appointed Governor of Northern Ireland from 1952–64. He was made a Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1962 and died in 1970.

Loder was born in London in February 1895, the only son of Conservative MP Gerald Loder, the fourth son of Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet and member of a prominent Sussex family, and Lady Louise de Vere Beauclerk, the daughter of the 10th Duke of St Albans and personal friend of Queen Victoria, who permitted Loder to be christened in the Chapel Royal of St. James's Palace.

Through his mother's family, he was descended from an illegitimate royal line of King Charles II. Loder was educated at Eton College, where he excelled in history and languages, with a particular interest in drama. Although originally intending to go to Trinity College, Cambridge, with the outbreak of the First World War, Loder was instead commissioned into the 4th Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment, and later joined the Intelligence Corps, seeing service throughout the war in Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine. For his services, he was Mentioned in Despatches, and left the British Army in 1919 with the rank of captain.


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