Richard Butler

Richard Butler

male, 67 years old
GovernorofTasmania, Australian, Companion of the Order of Australia, diplomat, Richard William Butler, Order of Australia…Supreme National Council of Cambodia
Richard Butler UN arms negotiator and executive chairman of the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) which was charged with the disarmament...

William Cox

male, 73 years old
Roman Catholic, Xavier College, Melbourne, St. Virgil's College, Hobart, St Virgils College, From Hobart, politician…governor, Supreme Court of Tasmania, Chief Justice of Tasmania, Royal Tasmania Regiment, Queen of Australia
William John Ellis Cox, LL.B, AC, RFD, ED (born April 1 1936, Hobart, Tasmania) has been Governor of Tasmania since 15 December 2004, prior to...
John Franklin

John Franklin

male, deceased (1847)
explorer, officer, knight, British, Explorer of Australia, Explorer of the Arctic…Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Explorer of Canada, Naval history of Canada, GovernorofTasmania
Rear Admiral Sir John Franklin FRGS (April 15, 1786 - June 11, 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer who mapped almost two...
Jim Bacon

Jim Bacon

male, deceased (2004)
Lung cancer death, Maoism, Scotch College, Liberal Party of Australia, Devonport, Tasmania, Devonport…Premier of the Australian states, Companion of the Order of Australia, Premier of Tasmania, Order of Australia, GovernorofTasmania
James Alexander Bacon AC (May 15, 1950 - June 20, 2004) was Premier of Tasmania from 1998 to 2004. Bacon was born in Melbourne; his father Frank, a...

David Collins

male, deceased (1810)
halifax, Second Lieutenant, Chatham Dockyard, Courageux, Judge-Advocate, Exeter Grammar School…Queen Matilda of Denmark, battle of bunker hill, GovernorofTasmania, governor, Governor King
David Collins (March 3 1754 - March 24 1810) was the inaugural Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of Van Diemens Land, founded in 1804, which in...
William Denison

William Denison

male, deceased (1871)
Old Etonian, Serle, Royal Engineers officer, Governors-general of India, Governor of Madras, From London…GovernorofTasmania, Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath, Order of the Bath, Division of Denison, Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land
Sir William Thomas Denison, KCB (3 May 1804 – 19 January 1871) was Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land from 1847 to 1855, Governor of New So...
Phillip Bennett

Phillip Bennett

male, 81 years old
General, KStJ, East Fremantle, East Fremantle, Western Australia, Michael Field, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order…Governor General of Australia, Venerable Order of Saint John, Order of the British Empire, Companion of the Order of Australia, governor
General Sir Phillip Harvey Bennett, AC, KBE, DSO KStJ (born 27 December 1928) was the Governor of Tasmania from 1987 to 1995. Prior to his...

William Paterson

male, deceased (1810)
GovernorofTasmania, Van Diemen's Land, Cape Horn, Hunter Valley, New South Wales Corps, Port Dalrymple…Governor King, Port Dalrymple, Tasmania, Explorer of Australia, lieutenant governor
Colonel William Paterson was a Scottish soldier, explorer, and botanist best known for leading early settlement in Tasmania. In 1794, Lieutenant...