Harry Barron

Major General Sir Harry Barron, (11 August 1847 – 27 March 1921) was a British Army officer who served as Governor of Tasmania from 1909 to 1913, and Governor of Western Australia from 1913 to 1917. Life Barron was born in 1847 and attended Stubbington House School. In 1877 he married Clara Emily, daughter of Major General T. Conyngham Kelly; they had one daughter. Barron was Governor of Tasmania from 1909 to 1913, and Governor of Western Australia from 1913 to 1917. In 1920, he was made colonel commandant of the Royal Artillery.