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Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan

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Thomas Godfrey Polson Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan
18th Governor of Tasmania
In office
October 21, 1959 – March 25, 1963
Preceded byRonald Cross
Succeeded byCharles Gairdner
Personal details
BornDecember 19, 1895
Chelsea, London, England,  United Kingdom
DiedNovember 30, 1977
Rowallan Castle, Kilmarnock, Scotland  United Kingdom
SpouseGwyn Mervyn Grimond

Thomas Godfrey Polson Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan, KT, KBE, MC, TD

Born in Chelsea, London, on December 19, 1895, Thomas Corbett succeeded as the 2nd Baron Rowallan on March 19, 1933.

He married Gwyn Mervyn Grimond on 14 August 1918. She was the sister of Jo Grimond, Baron Grimond, the leader of the Liberal Party 1956-67 and daughter of Joseph Bowman Grimond of St. Andrews, Fife.

Lord Rowallan became Governor of Tasmania on October 21, 1959, serving until 1963.

He was Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth and Empire from 1945 to 1959. Rowallan was awarded the Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, in 1957.

Rowallan served on the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1947 until 1953.

He died at Rowallan Castle, Kilmarnock, Scotland on November 30, 1977.

See also

Government offices
Preceded bySir Ronald Cross Governor of Tasmania
1959-1963
Succeeded byLt-Gen Sir Charles Gairdner
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded byArchibald Corbett Baron Rowallan
1933-1977
Succeeded byArthur Cameron Corbett
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