OUR NEW GOVERNOR
(Per Press Association.) London, February 9. The Earl of Glasgow succeeds Lord Onslow as Governor of New Zealand.
Wklmngton, February 9.
The Premier has not received any intimation yet respecting the Earl of Glasgow's appointment as Governor.
[The new Governor is the seventh Earl of Glasgow. ' He was born in ISW, and succeeded to his title in 18!)0. He is a Scotch Peer, but has no seat in Parliament. He served in the Russian and China wars, and is a Justice of the Peace and Deputy-lieutenant foj: Ayrshire. He is descended from a distinguished Scottish legal family. His father sat as M.P. for Buteshire in 18IJ5, and was appointed Lord Clerk Register for Scotland an successor to Sir James Gibson Craig. The new Governor owns the estate of Shewalton, in Ayrshire.]
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Otago Witness, Issue 1981, 11 February 1892, Page 34
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134OUR NEW GOVERNOR Otago Witness, Issue 1981, 11 February 1892, Page 34
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