George Le Hunte

Sir George Le Hunte GCMG


15th Governor of South Australia
In office 1 July 1903 – 18 February 1909
Monarch	Edward VII
Premier	John Jenkins(1903-05) Richard Butler (1905) Thomas Price (1905-09)
Preceded by	Lord Tennyson
Succeeded by	Sir Day Bosanquet
Personal details
Born	20 August 1852
Died	29 January 1925 (1925-01-30) (aged 72)
Nationality	British

Sir George Ruthven Le Hunte GCMG (20 August 1852 – 29 January 1925) was Governor of South Australia from 1 July 1903 until 18 February 1909, soon after federation of Australia.^[1]^[2]

He was born in Porthgain, Pembrokeshire, Wales, the son of George and Mary Le Hunte. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[3] He married Caroline Rachel Clowes (cousin of Evelyn May Clowes) on 14 February 1884.

Le Hunte served as President of Dominica (1887–94), secretary of Barbados (1894–97) and Mauritius (1897); and Lieutenant-Governor of British New Guinea (1899–1903).

As South Australian Governor, he became the first patron of the Royal Automobile Association of South Australia when it was formed in 1903.

He was later Governor of Trinidad and Tobago from 1909 to 1916.

The District Council of Le Hunte in the north of Eyre Peninsula was named after him before it was changed to Wudinna District Council in 2008.

References

↑ Le Hunte, Sir George Ruthven (1852–1925), Australian Dictionary of Biography
↑ Obituary JSTOR
↑ "Le Hunte, George Ruthven (L870GR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

Diane Langmore, 'Le Hunte, Sir George Ruthven (1852 - 1925)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, MUP, 1986, pp 66–67.

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Government offices
Preceded by James Meade	President of Dominica 1887 - 1894	Succeeded by Edward Baynes (acting)
Preceded by Sir William MacGregor	Lieutenant-Governor of British New Guinea 1898–1903	Succeeded by Christopher Stansfield Robinson (acting Administrator)
Preceded by Right Honourable Hallam, Lord Tennyson, KCMG	Governor of South Australia 1903–1909	Succeeded by Admiral Sir Day Hort Bosanquet, GCVO, KCB
Preceded by Sir Henry Moore Jackson	Governor of Trinidad and Tobago 1909–1916	Succeeded by LtCol. Sir John Robert Chancellor

Governors of South Australia

	Before Federation	Hindmarsh Gawler Grey Robe Young MacDonnell Daly Fergusson Musgrave Jervois Robinson Kintore Buxton Tennyson

	After Federation	Le Hunte Bosanquet Galway Weigall Bridges Hore-Ruthven Dugan Barclay-Harvey Norrie George Bastyan Harrison Oliphant Nicholls Seaman Dunstan Mitchell Neal Jackson-Nelson Scarce Le

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