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Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis

British field marshal, viceroy, and last UK-born Governor General of Canada.

Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, was a British Army officer born on 10 December 1891 in London, England.[1][2] He served in both world wars and later became Governor General of Canada.[1][2]

Quick Facts

Order
17th
Office
Governor General of Canada
Took office
12 April 1946
Left office
28 January 1952
Monarch
George VI
Predecessor
The Earl of Athlone
Successor
Vincent Massey
Prime minister
William Lyon Mackenzie King; Louis St. Laurent

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

After passing out from Sandhurst, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Irish Guards on 23 September 1911.[3] During the First World War, he served on the Western Front and was wounded at First Ypres.[4] Rudyard Kipling noted that Alexander had "the gift of handling the men on the lines to which they most readily responded."[5][6] In March 1937, Alexander was appointed as an aide-de-camp to King George VI.[7]

He commanded the 1st Division in France after the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939.[8] He married Lady Margaret Bingham on 14 October 1931.[9] On 29 April 1945, the German forces in Italy surrendered to Alexander.[10]

What the cited sources add

The same source lists his education at Harrow, Royal Military College Sandhurst, Staff College Camberley, and Imperial Defence College.[11] The Masonry Today article states Alexander was a member of the Grand Lodge of England and served as Grand Steward and a Grand Warden.[2]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hunt, "Alexander, Harold Rupert Leofric George, first Earl Alexander of Tunis" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. "Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis is born", Masonry Today, 10 December 2015. facts only, no text reused. masonrytoday.com
  3. Wikipedia, "Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Doherty 2004, p. 48-49; Doherty 2004, p. 48-49; ; ; "British Army officer histories", Unit Histories (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; ; "British Army officer histories", Unit Histories (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kipling, "The Irish Guards in the Great War, Vol. 2" (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Kipling, "The Irish Guards in the Great War, Vol. 2". facts only, no text reused. di2.nu
  7. Wikipedia, "Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; ; Renzetti, "Vulnerability brings us together", The Globe and Mail, 26 December 2008; ; ; Office of the Governor General of Canada, "Governor General > Former Governors General > Field Marshal the Earl Alexander of Tunis", Queen's Printer for Canada; ; ; ; Doherty 2004, p. 48-49; "British Army officer histories", Unit Histories (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Doherty 2004, p. 48-49 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis" (CC BY-SA 4.0) en.wikipedia.org
  11. "British Army officer histories", Unit Histories. facts only, no text reused. unithistories.com

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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