Charles Hotham English Australian Soldier And Politician 1st Governor Of Victoria Died 1855 - January 14 in History | This Day Story

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January 14, 1806

Charles Hotham, English-Australian soldier and politician, 1st Governor of Victoria (died 1855)

Charles Hotham

Captain Sir Charles Hotham KCB was Lieutenant-Governor and, later, Governor of Victoria, Australia from 22 June 1854 to 10 November 1855.

The governor of Victoria is the representative of the monarch, currently King Charles III, in the Australian state of Victoria.

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