Governor-general (plural governors-general), or governor general (plural governors general), is the title of an official, most prominently associated with the British Empire and the Commonwealth. In the context of the governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general continue to be appointed as viceroy to represent the monarch of a personal union in any sovereign state over which the monarch does not normally reign in person (non-UK Commonwealth realm). In the British Empire, governors-general were appointed on the advice of the government of the United Kingdom and were often British aristocracy, but in the mid-twentieth century they began to be appointed on the advice of the independent government of each realm and were citizens of each independent state.
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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875-1940), in the ceremonial dress of the Governor General of C...
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Portrait photograph of Governor General of Canada
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Left to right: Mary Simon, governor-general of Canada; General David Hurley, governor-general of Aus...
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His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught
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Prince Arthur of Connaught in the robes of the Order of the Garter, coloured from black and white
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Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
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Timothy Michael Healy - First Governor-General of the Irish Free State.