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Correspondence between Lord Gowrie, Governor-General, and Lord Cranborne, Secretary...
Catalogue reference: DO 121/53
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This record is about the Correspondence between Lord Gowrie, Governor-General, and Lord Cranborne, Secretary... dating from 1944 in the series Dominions Office and Commonwealth Relations Office: Private Office Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- DO 121/53
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1944
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Description (What the record is about)
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Correspondence between Lord Gowrie, Governor-General, and Lord Cranborne, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, about replacement of Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey as Governor of South Australia, and appointment of the Duke of Gloucester as Governor-General
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Closed For 50 years
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- Open Document, Open Description
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DO 121
Dominions Office and Commonwealth Relations Office: Private Office Papers
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