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  • Richard Trowbridge
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  • Rear Admiral Sir Richard John Trowbridge, KCVO (21 January 19204 May 2003), was Western Australia's twenty-fifth Governor from 25 November 1980 to 24 November 1983, and the last British-born vice-regal representative in Australia. He was the first officer to rise from boy seaman to captain of the Queen's yacht HMY Britannia.
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Office
  • Governor of Western Australia
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honorific suffix
  • KCVO
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serviceyears
  • 1935
term start
  • 1980-11-25
Birth Date
  • 1920-01-21
Branch
death place
  • Portsmouth, England
Nickname
  • Tom
Name
  • Sir Richard John Trowbridge
Caption
  • Rear Admiral Sir Richard Trowbridge
Birth Place
  • Andover, Hampshire, England
Title
  • Governor of Western Australia
term end
  • 1983-11-24
death date
  • 2003-05-04
Rank
Allegiance
  • United Kingdom
Battles
Successor
Before
Years
  • 1980
After
Order
  • 27
Premier
Predecessor
abstract
  • Rear Admiral Sir Richard John Trowbridge, KCVO (21 January 19204 May 2003), was Western Australia's twenty-fifth Governor from 25 November 1980 to 24 November 1983, and the last British-born vice-regal representative in Australia. He was the first officer to rise from boy seaman to captain of the Queen's yacht HMY Britannia.
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