Sir Dudley de Chair
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Admiral Sir Dudley de Chair KCB, KCMG, MVO |
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| 25th Governor of New South Wales | |
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In office 28 February 1924 – 9 April 1930 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Lieutenant |
Sir William Cullen Sir Philip Street |
| Preceded by | Sir Walter Davidson |
| Succeeded by | Sir Phillip Game |
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| Born |
Dudley Rawson de Chair 30 August 1864 Lennoxville, Province of Canada |
| Died | 17 August 1958 (aged 93) Brighton, England |
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 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
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| Years of service | 1878–1923 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Unit | HMS Alexandra |
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Coastguard and Reserves Third Battle Squadron 10th Cruiser Squadron Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty |
| Battles/wars |
Anglo-Egyptian War First World War |
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Viceregal styles of Sir Dudley de Chair |
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| Reference style | His Excellency |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Alternative style | Sir |
Admiral Sir Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair KCB, KCMG, MVO (30 August 1864 – 17 August 1958) was a senior Royal Navy officer and later Governor of New South Wales.
De Chair was born on 30 August 1864 in Lennoxville, Province of Canada, the son of Dudley Raikes de Chair and Frances Emily Rawson, the sister of Harry Rawson (whom he later succeeded as Governor of New South Wales). The de Chair family was of huguenot descent and could trace their ancestry to Jean de Chaire, who was ennobled as a marquis by Henry IV of France. In 1870, de Chair moved with his family to England and joined the Royal Navy in 1878 aged 14, being first stationed as a cadet aboard HMS Britannia.
After becoming a midshipman in 1880, de Chair was posted aboard the HMS Alexandra, the flagship of the British Mediterranean Fleet and took part in the bombardment of Alexandria during the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882. De Chair had volunteered to carry despatches to a desert fort during the bombardment but was taken prisoner and presented before the revolutionary leader Ahmed ‘Urabi, but managed to engineer a daring escape that gained significant publicity back home in England. He was promoted to commander on 22 July 1897, and to captain on 26 June 1902. De Chair married Enid Struben on 21 April 1903 in Torwood, Devon, and together they had three children, Henry, Elaine and Somerset. Following the King Edward VII's visit to the Russian Empire, de Chair was appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) on 10 June 1908 for his role in the visit as commander of HMS Cochrane.
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