Sir John Fuller, 1st Baronet
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| Sir John Fuller, 1st Baronet | |
| Born | October 21, 1864 Neston Park, Corsham, Wiltshire |
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| Died | September 4, 1915 |
Sir John Michael Fleetwood Fuller, 1st Baronet KCMG (21 October 1864-4 September 1915), was a British Liberal politician and colonial administrator.
Fuller was the eldest son of George Fuller, of Neston Park, Corsham, Wiltshire, and his wife Emily Georgina Jane, daughter of Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 8th Baronet, and was educated at Winchester and Christ Church, Oxford. He unsuccessfully contested Parliament three times but in 1900 he was successfully returned for Westbury. He served under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman as a Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1906 to 1907 and under Campbell-Bannerman and later H. H. Asquith as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 1907 to 1911. He was created a Baronet, of Neston Park in Corsham in the County of Wiltshire, in 1910. The following year Fuller resigned his seat in the House of Commons on his appointment as Governor of Victoria. He remained in this position until his resignation for health and family reasons in November 1913. He had been made a KCMG in 1911.
Fuller married Norah Jacintha, daughter of Charles Nicholas Paul Phipps, in 1898. They had two sons and four daughters. He died in September 1915, aged only 50, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Gerard. Lady Fuller later remarried and died in 1935.
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- www.thepeerage.com
- Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Edition
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Richard Chaloner |
Member of Parliament for Westbury 1900–1911 |
Succeeded by Geoffrey William Algernon Howard |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Herbert Lewis Joseph Pease Freeman Freeman-Thomas Cecil Norton |
Junior Lord of the Treasury with Herbert Lewis Joseph Pease Cecil Norton 1906–1907 |
Succeeded by Herbert Lewis Joseph Pease Cecil Norton John Henry Whitley |
| Preceded by Wentworth Beaumont |
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1907–1911 |
Succeeded by Geoffrey William Algernon Howard |
| Government offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael |
Governor of Victoria 1911–1913 |
Succeeded by Sir Arthur Stanley |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by New creation |
Baronet (of Neston Park) 1910–1915 |
Succeeded by John Gerard Henry Fleetwood Fuller |
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Baronet, Sir John Fuller, 1st |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | British Liberal politician and colonial administrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neston Park, Corsham, Wiltshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 4, 1915 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
