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Lord Strickland

The Right Honourable
The Lord Strickland,
Count della Catena

GCMG
Gerald Strickland 1930.jpg
4th Prime Minister of Malta
In office
9 August 1927 – 21 June 1932
Monarch George V
Governor
Preceded by Sir Ugo Mifsud
Succeeded by Sir Ugo Mifsud
23rd Governor of New South Wales
In office
14 March 1913 – 27 October 1917
Monarch George V
Premier
Preceded by Lord Chelmsford
Succeeded by Sir Walter Davidson
15th Governor of Western Australia
In office
31 May 1909 – 16 March 1913
Monarch
Premier
Preceded by Sir Frederick Bedford
Succeeded by Sir Harry Barron
9th Governor of Tasmania
In office
28 October 1904 – 20 May 1909
Monarch Edward VII
Premier John Evans
Preceded by Sir Arthur Havelock
Succeeded by Sir Harry Barron
Personal details
Born 24 May 1861 (1861-05-24)
Valletta, Malta
Died 22 August 1940 (1940-08-23) (aged 79)
Attard, Malta
Political party Constitutional Party
Spouse(s)
  • Edeline Sackville (1890–1918)
  • Margaret Hulton (1926–1940)
Children Eight
Alma mater Trinity College
Viceregal styles of
Sir Gerald Strickland
Badge of the Governor of New South Wales.svg
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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