Sir John Fuller, 1st Baronet
Sir John Fuller Bt KCMG | |
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13th Governor of Victoria | |
In office 24 May 1911 – 24 November 1913 | |
Monarch | George V |
Premier | John Murray (1911–12) William Watt (1912–13) |
Preceded by | Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael |
Succeeded by | Sir Arthur Stanley |
Personal details | |
Born | (1864-10-21)21 October 1864 Neston Park, Corsham, Wiltshire |
Died | 4 September 1915(1915-09-04) (aged 50) Atworth, Wiltshire |
Political party | Liberal Party |
Parent | George Fuller |
Alma mater | Winchester College Christ Church, Oxford |
Sir John Michael Fleetwood Fuller, 1st Baronet, KCMG (21 October 1864 – 4 September 1915) was a British Liberal Party politician and colonial administrator.
Biography
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.[1] He was created a Baronet, of Neston Park in Corsham in the County of Wiltshire, in 1910.[1][2]
The following year Fuller resigned his seat in the House of Commons on his appointment as Governor of Victoria.[3] He remained in this position until his resignation for health and family reasons in November 1913. He had been appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1911 Coronation Honours.[4]
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.
Electoral record
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir John Poynder Dickson-Poynder | 3,684 | |||
Liberal | John Michael Fleetwood Fuller | 3,455 | |||
Majority | 229 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Wyndham Murray | 3,445 | |||
Liberal Unionist | Edmond Robert Wodehouse | 3,358 | |||
Liberal | Sir William Martin Conway | 2,917 | |||
Liberal | John Michael Fleetwood Fuller | 2,865 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Augustus Henry Eden Allhusen | 1,425 | |||
Liberal | John Michael Fleetwood Fuller | 1,278 | |||
Majority | 147 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Michael Fleetwood Fuller | 4,520 | 53.3 | ||
Conservative | Richard Godolphin Walmesley Chaloner | 3,961 | 46.7 | ||
Majority | 559 | 6.6 | |||
Turnout | 86.7 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Michael Fleetwood Fuller | 5,264 | 58.2 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | Lord Dunsany | 3,788 | 41.8 | −4.9 | |
Majority | 1,476 | 16.4 | +9.8 | ||
Turnout | 89.4 | +2.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Michael Fleetwood Fuller | 5,279 | |||
Conservative | Robert Long | 4,525 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Sir John Michael Fleetwood Fuller | 5,041 | 54.8 | ||
Conservative | George Palmer | 4,152 | 45.2 | ||
Majority | 889 | 9.6 | |||
Turnout | 88.3 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
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References
- ^ a b Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. (Online edition at FULLER (UK) 1910, of Neston Park, Corsham, Wiltshire, Debrett's Illustrated Baronetage, page B369, from Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage at www.exacteditions.com, subscription or library card required.), [page needed]
- ^ "No. 28400". The London Gazette. 26 July 1910. p. 5391.
- ^ "No. 28475". The London Gazette. 14 March 1911. p. 2147.
- ^ "No. 28505". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 June 1911. p. 4593.
- ^ a b c d e f British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
- ^ a b c The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1949.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page: The Baronetage of England, Ireland, Nova Scotia, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Fletcher-Vane to Fytche at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 February 2006)
- Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.[unreliable source]
- Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Edition
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir John Fuller
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Westbury 1900–1911 | Succeeded by Geoffrey Howard |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by | Junior Lord of the Treasury 1906–1907 With: Herbert Lewis Joseph Pease Cecil Norton | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1907–1911 | Succeeded by Geoffrey William Algernon Howard |
Government offices | ||
Preceded by | Governor of Victoria 1911–1913 | Succeeded by |
Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
New creation | Baronet (of Neston Park) 1910–1915 | Succeeded by John Gerard Henry Fleetwood Fuller |