Uchter Knox, 5th Earl of Ranfurly

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Governor of New Zealand
In office
10 August 1897 – 19 June 1904
MonarchsVictoria
Edward VII
Prime MinisterRichard Seddon
Preceded byThe Earl of Glasgow
Succeeded byThe Lord Plunket
Personal details
Born(1856-08-14)14 August 1856
Guernsey, Channel Islands
Died1 October 1933(1933-10-01) (aged 77)
Spouse
Hon. Constance Caulfeild
(m. 1880; died 1932)
Children4, including Constance
Parent(s)Thomas Knox, 3rd Earl of Ranfurly
Harriet Rimington
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

Uchter John Mark Knox, 5th Earl of Ranfurly

Governor of New Zealand
from 1897 to 1904.

Early life

Lord Ranfurly was born into an

Broomhead Hall, Yorkshire. He was educated at Harrow School.[1] Becoming a cadet on board HMS Britannia, he passed for the Royal Navy, but, giving up a naval career, entered Trinity College, Cambridge
, at the age of eighteen.

He succeeded in the earldom (and several subsidiary titles) in May 1875 when his elder brother died on a shooting expedition in Abyssinia. His family had owned a large country estate centred on Dungannon in the southeast of County Tyrone in Ulster since 1692.[2]

Career

Proclamation announcing Lord Ranfurly taking office as Governor of New Zealand - August 10, 1897
National Museum of Ireland - Natural History
from Lord Ranfurly, 1904

Ranfurly served as a

King George V and Queen Mary) to New Zealand.[3] His term ended on 19 June 1904, when he personally handed over office to Lord Plunket. He is remembered for his donation of the Ranfurly Shield
, a New Zealand sporting trophy.

On his return to

Officer of the Legion of Honour
for his services in this connection during the war.

After the

Justice of the Peace for his family's native County Tyrone. He continued his association with the Order of St. John, becoming Bailiff Grand Cross in 1926. In 1927, the Earl sold Northland House in Dungannon and the family's other possessions in County Tyrone due to "heavy post-war taxation".[4]

Personal life

On 10 February 1880, Lord Ranfurly married the Hon. Constance Elizabeth Caulfeild, only child of James Caulfeild, 7th Viscount Charlemont and Hon. Annetta Handcock (a daughter of 3rd Baron Castlemaine). They were the parents of four children:[5]

  • Lady Annette Agnes Knox (1880–1886), who died young.[5]
  • Thomas Uchter Knox, Viscount Northland (1882–1915), who married Hilda Susan Ellen Cooper, a daughter of Sir Daniel Cooper, 2nd Baronet, in 1912.[6] He had been party to a public divorce in 1909.[7]
  • Lady Constance Harriet Stuart (1885–1964), who married Maj. Evelyn Milnes Gaskell, son of Charles Milnes Gaskell and Lady Catherine Henrietta Wallop (daughter of the 5th Earl of Portsmouth),[8] in 1905.[5]
  • Lady Eileen Maud Juliana Knox (1891–1972), who married Charles Loraine Carlos Clarke, son of Charles Carlos Clarke, in 1914.[9] They divorced in 1935 and she married Peter Stanley Chappell, son of Thomas Stanley Chappell, in 1935. Her first husband later became the father of artist Bob Carlos Clarke.[5]

Lord Ranfurly died on 1 October 1933, aged 77, and was succeeded by his grandson, Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly.[10]

Legacy and honours

One of the tiny subantarctic Bounty Islands was named after him: Ranfurly Island.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (June 1901)
  • Privy Counsellor (Ireland) (23 August 1905)
  • Officer of the Legion of Honour (France, 1919)
  • Privy Counsellor (Northern Ireland) (27 November 1923)
  • Bailiff Grand Cross of the
    Venerable Order of St John
    (1927)

References

  1. ^ "Ranfurly, 5th Earl of, (Uchter John Mark Knox) (14 Aug. 1856–1 Oct. 1933)." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 25 Mar. 2018
  2. ^ Colm J. Donnelly, Emily V. Murray and Ronan McHugh, 'Dungannon Castle: its history, architecture and archaeology' in Dúiche Néill: Journal of the O'Neill Country Historical Society - Number 17, p. 21. Dungannon and Monaghan, 2008.
  3. ^ "No. 27325". The London Gazette. 21 June 1901. p. 4182.
  4. ^ "Penn Kin to Sell Tyrone Estates". The New York Times. 4 March 1927. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 3272-3273.
  6. ^ TIMES, Special Cable to THE NEW YORK (4 February 1915). "EARL'S HEIR WAR VICTIM.; Viscount Northland, Only Son of Lord Ranfurly, Dies in France". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  7. ^ TIMES, Special Cable to THE NEW YORK (24 January 1909). "MEN OF TITLE POSE IN DIVORCE COURT; Earl De La Warr and Lord Northland Figure in Mrs. Stirling's Action. MRS. ATHERTON ACCUSED Capt. Yarde-Buller, Whom She Once Sued for Breach of Promise, Is Also Dragged In". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
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  9. The Tatler
    (701). Tatler Publishing Company: 184. 1914. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  10. ^ TIMES, Wireless to Tax New YORK (2 October 1933). "EARL OF RANFURLY, EX-GOVERNOR, DEAD; Served as Executive of New Zealand, 1897-1904uNoted as Red Cross Worker. FORMER AMBULANCE HEAD Director of Department in World War--Lord-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria 1895-97". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 December 2023.

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Political offices
Preceded by Lord-in-waiting
1895–1897
Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by
Governor of New Zealand

1897–1904
Succeeded by
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
Thomas Granville Henry Stuart Knox
Earl of Ranfurly
1875–1933
Succeeded by