David Anderson (Australian governor)
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Admiral Sir Murray Anderson KCB, KCMG, MVO, KStJ |
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Anderson at Government House upon his arrival in Sydney.
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| 28th Governor of New South Wales | |
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In office 6 August 1936 – 30 October 1936 |
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| Monarch | Edward VIII |
| Lieutenant | Sir Philip Street |
| Preceded by | The Lord Gowrie |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Wakehurst |
| 66th Governor of Newfoundland | |
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In office 20 October 1932 – 12 January 1936 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | Frederick C. Alderdice |
| Preceded by | John Middleton |
| Succeeded by | Humphrey T. Walwyn |
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11 April 1874 Newton-by-Chester, Cheshire, England |
| Died | 30 October 1936 (aged 62) Sydney, Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Dame Edith Muriel Anderson (née Teschemaker) |
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| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
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| Years of service | 1887–1932 |
| Rank | Admiral |
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Africa Station (1926–29) China Station (1925) HMS Ajax (1918–19) HMS Hyacinth (1913–17) |
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Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Member of the Royal Victorian Order Knight of the Order of Saint John Mentioned in Despatches |
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Viceregal styles of Sir David Anderson |
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| Reference style | His Excellency |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Alternative style | Sir |
Ashanti Campaign
First World War
Admiral Sir David Murray Anderson KCB, KCMG, MVO, KStJ (11 April 1874 – 30 October 1936) was a British naval officer and governor. Anderson served in the Royal Navy from the age of 13 and served in many Colonial wars and was given various Empire postings, rising to the rank of Admiral in 1931. He retired a year later and took up the posting as Governor of Newfoundland, where he also took up the role of Chairman of the Government following the suspension of self-government in the Dominion of Newfoundland. Leaving Newfoundland in 1935, he was appointed as Governor of New South Wales but served only briefly due to his ill health. He died while in office aged 62.
Anderson was born on 11 April 1874, the second son of General David Anderson, Colonel of the Cheshire Regiment, and his wife Charlotte Christina, née Anderson in Newton-by-Chester in Cheshire, England. His elder brother was Lieutenant General Sir Warren Hastings Anderson. In 1887, as a 13-year-old, he became a cadet at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. Seeing action against King Koko slave traders on the Niger River, he became a lieutenant on 23 February 1895 at age 20. Anderson saw further action against West-African rebels and in the Ashanti Campaign. In May 1902, he was posted as First and gunnery lieutenant to the cruiser HMS Brilliant on the Channel Squadron.
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