Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford

Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, GCSI GCMG GCIE GBE PC was a British statesman who served as Governor of Queensland from 1905 to 1909, Governor of New South Wales from 1909 to 1913, and Viceroy of India from 1916 to 1921, where he was responsible for the creation of the MontaguChelmsford reforms. After serving a short time as First Lord of the Admiralty in the government of Ramsay MacDonald, he was appointed the AgentGeneral for New South Wales by the government of Jack Lang before his retirement.

Thesiger had been born onAugust 1868 in London, England, the son of the 2nd Baron Chelmsford and Adria Heath. He was educated at Winchester College and progressed in 1887 to Magdalen College, Oxford. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with firstclass honours in law in 1891 and further gained a masters degree in 1894. Thesiger was also elected as a fellow of All Souls College . In 1893 he was called to the Bar of the Inner Temple to practice law. He joined the army as a Captain in the Dorset Regiment, 4th Battalion.

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