The New Student's Reference Work/Northcote, Baron, Hon. Henry Stafford

North′cote, Baron, Hon. Henry Stafford, G. C. M. G., G. C. I. E., C. B., governor-general and commander-in-chief of the Commonwealth of Australia, is the younger son of the late Sir Stafford Northcote and was born in 1846.  He early took to diplomatic work, as private secretary to Lord Salisbury on his mission to Constantinople.  Later he became financial secretary to the English war office, served a term as governor of Bombay, and in 1903 succeeded Baron Tennyson in the Australian governorship.  He is a man of character and statesmanlike views.