"London, Feb. 12, "The Earl of Clarendon has been appointed Governor-General of the Union of South Africa in succession to the Earl of Athlone, who has libeld that post since 1924, The new Governor-General, wh 52 years of age, succeeded his the fifth earl, in 1914, is "first public /appointment came in 1902, when be became A. D.C. to the Lord-Lieutene Jant of Ireland, a post he held till 1905, In this year he married Adeline Somers-Cocks, a sister of the sixth Lord Somers, Among his other appointments, the Earl of Clarendon has been Chancellor of the Primrose League (1919-20); Lord-in-Waiting to Majesty the King (April, 1921, to November, 1922); Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-ate Arms and Chief Government Whip in the House of Lords (November, 1922, and, 1924-5); Under-Secretary fof State for the Dominions and Chairman of the Overseas Settle ment Commission (1925-6); and Chairman of the British Broadcast ing Commission since January, 127, The Earl of Clarendon is a Conservative—Reuter,
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