George Le Hunte
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Order of St Michael and St George
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(20 August 1852 – 29 January 1925) was Governor of South Australia from 1 July 1903 until 18 February 1909, soon after federation of Australia
Australia
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He was born in Porthgain
Porthgain
Porthgain is a village in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park in Wales, located between St David's and Goodwick, and just north of Llanrhian.- History & amenities :...
, Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire is a county in the south west of Wales. It borders Carmarthenshire to the east and Ceredigion to the north east. The county town is Haverfordwest where Pembrokeshire County Council is headquartered....
, Wales
Wales
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, the son of George and Mary Le Hunte. He was educated at Eton College
Eton College
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and Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
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. He married Caroline Rachel Clowes (cousin of Evelyn May Clowes
Elinor Mordaunt
Elinor Mordaunt was an English author, writer and traveler....
) on 14 February 1884.
Le Hunte served as President of Dominica
Dominica
Dominica , officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island nation in the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean Sea, south-southeast of Guadeloupe and northwest of Martinique. Its size is and the highest point in the country is Morne Diablotins, which has an elevation of . The Commonwealth...
(1887–94), secretary of Barbados
Barbados
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(1894-97) and Mauritius
Mauritius
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(1897); and Lieutenant-Governor of British New Guinea (1899–1903).
As South Australian Governor, he became the first patron of the Royal Automobile Association of South Australia
Royal Automobile Association
The Royal Automobile Association of South Australia, also known simply as RAA, is a South Australian automobile club providing a range of member services including: 24-hour emergency breakdown, vehicle inspection, motoring advocacy, road safety, legal services, technical advice, travel services,...
when it was formed in 1903.
He was later Governor of Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
from 1909 to 1916.
The District Council of Le Hunte
District Council of Le Hunte
Wudinna District Council is located in central Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. Established on 28th May 1925 as The District Council of Minnipa, the name was later changed to Le Hunte after Sir George Ruthven Le Hunte, Governor of South Australia, who proclaimed the County of Le Hunte in 1908...
in the north of Eyre Peninsula
Eyre Peninsula
Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia. It is bounded on the east by Spencer Gulf, the west by the Great Australian Bight, and the north by the Gawler Ranges. It is named after explorer Edward John Eyre who explored some of it in 1839-1841. The coastline was first explored by...
was named after him before it was changed to Wudinna District Council in 2008.