Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe
Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, GCMG, KBE, PC (21 September 1867 – 3 July 1958) was a British Conservative politician and colonial governor. He was Governor-General of New Zealand from 1930 to 1935.
The Right Honourable The Viscount Bledisloe GCMG KBE PC | |
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| 4th Governor-General of New Zealand | |
| In office 19 March 1930 – 15 March 1935 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | Joseph Ward George Forbes |
| Preceded by | Sir Charles Fergusson |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Galway |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries | |
| In office 11 November 1924 – 5 February 1928 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin |
| Preceded by | Walter Smith |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Stradbroke |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food Control | |
| In office 12 December 1916 – 2 July 1917 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | John Robert Clynes |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 15 October 1918 – 3 July 1958 Hereditary Peerage | |
| Preceded by | Peerage created |
| Succeeded by | The 2nd Viscount Bledisloe |
| Member of Parliament for Wilton | |
| In office 15 January 1910 – 15 October 1918 | |
| Preceded by | Levi Lapper Morse |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Morrison |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 September 1867 London, England |
| Died | 3 July 1958 (aged 90) Lydney, Gloucestershire, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Bertha Susan Lopes, Alina Kate Elaine Cooper-Smith |
| Children | 3 |
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