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About John Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst
John de Vere Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst, was a British Army officer, politician and colonial administrator. After serving in the army, the Foreign Office, and as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons, Wakehurst was appointed as the last British Governor of New South Wales, which he held from 1937 to 1946. Upon returning to Britain he was appointed Governor of Northern Ireland from 1952 to 1964. He was made a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter in 1962 and died in 1970.
Everything about John Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Governor of New South Wales, Governor of Northern Ireland, member of the 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 36th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- February 5, 1895
- Died
- October 30, 1970