Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael
The Right Honourable
The Lord Carmichael
Bt GCSI GCIE KCMG DL FRSE
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| Governor of Victoria |
In office
27 July 1908 – 19 May 1911 |
| Monarch |
Edward VII (1908–10)
George V (1910–11) |
| Governor-General |
Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote (1908)
William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley (1908–11) |
| Premier |
Sir Thomas Bent (1908–09)
John Murray (1909–11) |
| Preceded by |
Sir Reginald Talbot |
| Succeeded by |
Sir John Fuller, 1st Baronet |
| Governor of Madras |
In office
3 November 1911 – 30 March 1912 |
| Governor-General |
Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst |
| Preceded by |
Hon. Sir Arthur Lawley |
| Succeeded by |
Sir Murray Hammick (acting) |
| Governor of Bengal |
In office
1 April 1912 – 26 March 1917 |
| Monarch |
George V |
| Governor-General |
Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
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| Preceded by |
Sir William Duke |
| Succeeded by |
The Marquess of Zetland |
| Personal details |
| Born |
(1859-03-18)18 March 1859
Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died |
16 January 1926(1926-01-16) (aged 66)
13 Portman Street, London, England |
| Nationality |
British |
| Political party |
Liberal |
| Spouse(s) |
Mary Nugent |
| Alma mater |
St John's College, Cambridge |
Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael GCSI, GCIE, KCMG, DL, FRSE (18 March 1859 – 16 January 1926), known as Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, Bt, between 1891 and 1912, was a Scottish Liberal politician and colonial administrator.
Born near Edinburgh, Scotland, Carmichael was the eldest son of Reverend Sir William Henry Gibson-Carmichael, 10th Baronet, and Eleanora Anne Anderson, daughter of David Anderson.
He was educated at the Rev Cowley Powle's school in Wixenford and St John's College, Cambridge. He succeeded his father as 11th Baronet in 1891.
Carmichael was Private Secretary to George Trevelyan and Lord Dalhousie, when Secretaries for Scotland. He unsuccessfully contested Peebles and Selkirk in 1892 but was successfully returned as Liberal Member of Parliament for Midlothian in 1895, succeeding William Ewart Gladstone. He continued to represent this constituency until the 1900 general election.
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