Winston Dugan, 1st Baron Dugan of Victoria

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Sir Winston Dugan as Governor of South Australia in 1934
21st Governor of South Australia
In office
28 July 1934 – 23 February 1939
MonarchsGeorge V (1934–36)
Edward VIII (1936)
George VI (1936–39)
PremierRichard Layton Butler (1934–38)
Sir Thomas Playford (1938–39)
Preceded byThe Earl of Gowrie
Succeeded bySir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey
18th Governor of Victoria
In office
17 July 1939 – 20 February 1949
MonarchGeorge VI
Preceded byLord Huntingfield
Succeeded bySir Reginald Brooks
Personal details
Born
Winston Joseph Dugan

(1876-09-03)3 September 1876
Mentioned in Despatches
(6)

administrator and a career British Army officer. He served as Governor of South Australia from 1934 to 1939, then Governor of Victoria
until 1949.

Background and education

Dugan was the son of Charles Winston Dugan, of Oxmantown Mall,

Craigavon, Ireland from 1887 to 1889, and Wimbledon College, Wimbledon, London, England. The family name was pronounced as "Duggan".[1] They were originally from County Galway and were a branch of the Soghain people.[2]

Military career

Dugan was a

Lincolnshire Regiment as a second lieutenant on 24 January 1900.[3] He left Southampton two months later with a detachment sent to reinforce the 2nd battalion of his regiment in the Second Boer War.[4] While in South Africa, he was appointed adjutant of his battalion on 28 June 1901,[5] and promoted to lieutenant on 1 November 1901. For his service in the war, he received the Queen's South Africa Medal
with three clasps.

He later fought with distinction in the

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
(CMG) in 1918.

In 1929 he was made a

Territorial Army.[7]

Governor of South Australia

In 1934, Dugan was appointed

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG), retired from the army and moved to Adelaide with his wife. They became an extremely popular and glamorous vice-regal couple. Sir Winston and Lady Dugan were both excellent public speakers, and travelled widely to bring problems to the attention of the ministers of the day. He gave moral and financial support to numerous good causes and needy individuals. Upon the expiration of his term, there was bipartisan parliamentary support for him to serve a second term, but he had already accepted an appointment to be Governor of Victoria.[1]

Governor of Victoria

Sir Winston and Lady Dugan arrived in Melbourne on 17 July 1939. They continued their active role in community affairs, promoting unemployment reduction and making the ballroom of Government House, Melbourne available for the Australian Red Cross.[1]

Dugan had an active role stabilising state politics during the tumultuous 1940s. Upon the disintegration of

John Cain as premier. Four days later, Dunstan formed a coalition with the United Australia Party. Following the collapse of that ministry in 1945, Dugan dissolved parliament and called a general election for November, which resulted in the balance of power being held by independents. Dugan commissioned Cain to form the ministry of a minority government.[1]

Dugan's term as governor was extended five times. He was also the Administrator of the Commonwealth on two occasions: from 5 September 1944 to 30 January 1945, between the departure of the governor-general, Lord Gowrie, and the arrival of his successor, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester; and from 19 January to 11 March 1947, between the departure of the Duke of Gloucester and the appointment of his successor, William McKell. He returned to England in February 1949. On 7 July 1949 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Dugan of Victoria, of Lurgan in the County of Armagh.[8]

Personal life

Dugan married Ruby Lilian, daughter of Charles Abbott of Kilcaskan, County Cork, in 1912. There were no children from the marriage. He died at Marylebone, London, on 17 August 1951, aged 74.[1] He was buried at All Saints Church, adjacent to the Applewhaite estate, in South Pickenham, Norfolk. [1]

References

  1. ^
    ISSN 1833-7538
    . Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  2. ^ Duggan, Eugene (1998). "Duggans of Galway - Their Ancient Origins". Irish Times. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  3. ^ "No. 27156". The London Gazette. 23 January 1900. p. 429.
  4. ^ "The War – Embarcation of Troops". The Times. No. 36090. London. 15 March 1900. p. 10.
  5. ^ "No. 27441". The London Gazette. 10 June 1902. p. 3752.
  6. ^ Rose, Captain G.K. (1920). The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (PDF). Oxford: B. H. Blackwell. p. 14.
  7. ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  8. ^ "No. 38660". The London Gazette. 8 July 1949. p. 3345.

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