Governor-General of South Africa
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The governor-general of the Union of South Africa (Template:Langx; Template:LangxTemplate:Efn) was the highest state official in the Union of South Africa between 1910 and 1961. The Union of South Africa was founded as a self-governing Dominion of the British Empire in 1910 and the office of governor-general was established as the representative of the monarch of South Africa. Fifty-one years later, the country declared itself a republic and the office of governor-general was abolished.[1]
Some of the first holders of the post were members of the British royal family including Prince Arthur of Connaught between 1920 and 1924, and Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, who served between 1924 and 1931, before becoming the governor general of Canada. As in other Dominions, this would change, and from 1943 onward only South Africans (in fact, only Afrikaners) held the office.
The office was established by the South Africa Act 1909. Until the Balfour Declaration of 1926 the governor-general was the representative of the British government in South Africa and was appointed by the Colonial Office in London. After the declaration and the Statute of Westminster 1931 the governor-general was appointed by the monarch on the advice of the South African government. Although the governor-general was nominally the country's chief executive, in practice he was bound by convention to act on the advice of the prime minister and the cabinet of South Africa.
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List of governors-general
The following is a list of people who served as governor-general of South Africa from independence in 1910 to the establishment of a republic in 1961.
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| 1 | File:Herbert John Gladstone.jpg | Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone (1854–1930)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
31 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1910 |
8 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1914 |
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| 2 | File:Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton.jpg | Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton (1853–1934)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
8 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1914 |
17 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1920 |
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| 3 | File:Prince Arthur of Connaught Garter.jpg | Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883–1938)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
17 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1920 |
21 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1924 |
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| 4 | File:Earlofathlone.jpg | Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (1874–1957)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
21 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1924 |
26 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1931 |
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| 5 | File:Earl Clarendon LCCN2014716484.jpg | George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon (1877–1955)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
26 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1931 |
5 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1937 |
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| 6 | File:Patrick Duncan.jpg | Sir Patrick Duncan[2] (1870–1943)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
5 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1937 |
17 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1943 |
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| 7 | File:Gideon Brand van Zyl.jpg | Gideon Brand van Zyl (1873–1956)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1946 |
1 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1951 |
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| 8 | File:EG Jansen 1949.jpg | Ernest George Jansen (1881–1959)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1951 |
25 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1959 |
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| 9 | File:CR Swart 1960.jpg | Charles Robberts Swart (1894–1982)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
11 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1959 |
30 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1961 |
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Flag of the governor-general
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See also
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Notes
References
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