Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote

Henry Stafford Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote GCMG GCIE CB PC , known as Sir Henry Northcote, Bt, between 1887 and 1900, was a Conservative politician and colonial administrator. He served as the third GovernorGeneral of Australia between 1904 and 1908.

Northcote was born in London, the second son of the prominent Conservative politician Sir Stafford Northcote, later first Earl of Iddesleigh, by his wife Cecilia Frances, daughter of Thomas Farrer and sister of Thomas Farrer, 1st Baron Farrer. He was educated at Eton and Merton College, Oxford , and then joined the Foreign Office as a diplomat.

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