Sir Patrick Duncan | |
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6th Governor-General of South Africa | |
In office 5 April 1937 – 17 July 1943 | |
Monarch | George VI |
Prime Minister | |
Preceded by | The Earl of Clarendon |
Succeeded by | |
Minister for the Interior, Education and Public Health | |
In office February 1921 – 30 June 1924 | |
Prime Minister | Jan Smuts |
Preceded by | Thomas Watt F. S. Malan (Education) |
Succeeded by | Daniel François Malan |
Personal details | |
Born | 21 December 1870 Fortrie, Banffshire, Scotland, United Kingdom |
Died | 17 July 1943 Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa | (aged 72)
Nationality | Anglo-South African (also British subject) |
Spouse(s) | Alice Dold, Lady Duncan |
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh Balliol College, Oxford |
Sir Patrick Duncan, GCMG, KStJ, PC, KC (21 December 1870 – 17 July 1943) was the sixth Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, holding office from 1937 until his death in 1943.