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William Jervois, English captain, engineer, and politician, 10th Governor of South Australia (died 1897)

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William Jervois

British Army general

Lieutenant General Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois was a British military engineer and diplomat. After joining the British Army in 1839, he saw service, as a second captain, in South Africa. In 1858, as a major, he was appointed Secretary of a Royal Commission set up to…
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Governor of South Australia

Vice-regal representative

The governor of South Australia is the representative in South Australia of the monarch, currently King Charles III. The governor performs the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as does the governor-general of Australia at the national level. In…
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