John Anthony Alexander Rous, 4th Earl of Stradbroke,

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(1 April 1903 – 14 July 1983), was a British nobleman, the son of

George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke George Edward John Mowbray Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke, (19 November 1862 – 20 December 1947) was a British nobleman from Suffolk who served as a Territorial Army officer, as a junior government minister, and as the 15th Governor of Victoria ...

. He was styled Viscount Dunwich from birth until acceding to the earldom in 1947.'STRADBROKE', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 201
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, and the

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then served from 1917 to 1928 and again, through

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, between 1939 and 1945. He was

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to the Governor of Victoria from 1946 to 1947. He was a member of East Suffolk County Council from 1931 to 1945; and an

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from 1953 to 1964. In 1978 he was awarded the

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's prestigious Silver Wolf Award. He was succeeded by his brother

William Rous, 5th Earl of Stradbroke Earl of Stradbroke, in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1821 for John Rous, 1st Baron Rous, who had earlier represented Suffolk in the House of Commons. He had already succeeded his ...

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Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk. Since 1642, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Suffolk. Lord Lieutenants of Suffolk * Sir Anthony Wingfield 1551–1552 ''jointly with'' *? 1551–? ...

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Earl of Stradbroke Earl of Stradbroke, in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1821 for John Rous, 1st Baron Rous, who had earlier represented Suffolk in the House of Commons. He had already succeeded his ...

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George Rous George Rous (c.1744 – 11 June 1802) was a British lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1776 to 1780. Rous was the third son of Thomas Rous of Piercefield, Monmouthshire, and his wife Mary Bates, daughter of Thomas Bates. ...

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William Rous William Rous ( fl. 1631–1645) was a 17th-century English privateer in the service of the Providence Island Company. He was later enlisted by William Jackson to accompany him on his expedition to the West Indies. Biography A step-nephew of Joh ...

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