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George Monckton-Arundell, 8th Viscount Galway
1943Mar, 27

George Monckton-Arundell, 8th Viscount Galway

George Monckton-Arundell, 8th Viscount Galway, English politician, 5th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1882)
George Vere Arundel Monckton-Arundell, 8th Viscount Galway, (24 March 1882 – 27 March 1943) was a British politician. He served as the fifth Governor-General of New Zealand from 1935 to 1941.

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