Algernon Hawkins Thomond Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, 11th Lord Falconer of Halkerton, 9th Lord Keith of Inverurie and Keith Hall, Chief of

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, (12 August 1852 – 3 March 1930), was a British politician and colonial governor.

Early life

Keith-Falconer was born at Lixmount House, in Trinity, Edinburgh, on 12 August 1852. He was the eldest son of Francis Keith Falconer, 8th Earl of Kintore and his wife Louisa Madeleine, née Hawkins. Among his siblings were Hon. Dudley Metcalfe Courtenay Keith-Falconer (who died unmarried), Hon. Ion Keith-Falconer (who married Gwendolen Bevan, a daughter of banker

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of Fosbury House), Lady Madeleine Dora Keith-Falconer (who married Capt. Francis Henry Tonge), Lady Blanche Catherine Keith-Falconer (who married Col. Granville Roland Francis Smith of Duffield Hall, a son of MP Rowland Smith). He was educated at Eton and

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Career

In 1880, Lord Kintore was the unsuccessful

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candidate for Chelsea. He succeeded to his father's titles upon his father's death in 1880, was appointed First Government Whip in the House of Lords in 1885 and was a

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from 1885 to 1886 and from 1895 to 1905. In 1886, he was invested as a

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. In 1913 he was elected a

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Governor of South Australia

Lord Kintore was

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between 1889 and 10 April 1895. He was made a Knight-Grand-Cross of the

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(GCMG) on his appointment. A freemason, he was also Grand-Master of the United Grand Lodge of South Australia during his term as Governor (1889–1895). He arrived with his family in

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on 11 April 1889 aboard the ''Orient'' and was formally welcomed by the administrator, Chief Justice Samuel Way, who later resigned as Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of South Australia in his favour.

Court, military and later life

Lord Kintore acted as

for

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for 1885/6 and

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1901–05. In early 1901 he was asked by King Edward to take part in a special diplomatic mission to announce the King's accession to the governments of

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, and

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. Lord Kintore was appointed lieutenant-colonel in command of the 3rd (Militia) Battalion of the

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on 17 October 1891. He also held the honorary rank of

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. In January 1903 he was appointed an Aide-de-Camp for Militia to the King, and received the substantive rank of colonel in the militia. He was a Knight of Grand-Cross of the

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, a 1st Class of the

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, a Grand-Cross of the Military Order of Our Lord Jesus Christ of

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and a Grand-Cross of the

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. In 1911, Kintore was presented with a royal gift cigarette case by Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria (1884–1958). A century later, the gift featured in the

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London sale, ''SALE 7970 —IMPORTANT JEWELS'' held on 8 June 2011. Kintore was the Grand Master of the

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from 1917 to 1925.

Personal life

Lord Kintore married Lady Sydney Charlotte Montagu (1851–1932), second daughter of George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester, at

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, on 14 August 1873. Together, they were the parents of two sons and two daughters, including: *

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(1874–1974), who married John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven, son of Sir Alexander Baird, 1st Baronet and Hon. Annette Maria Palk (a daughter of the 1st Baron Haldon), in 1905. * Lady Hilda Madeleine Keith-Falconer (1875–1967), who died unmarried. * Ian Douglas Montagu Keith-Falconer (1877–1897), ''styled'' Lord Inverurie, a Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion,

, who died unmarried. * Arthur George Keith-Falconer, 10th Earl of Kintore (1879–1966), who married American heiress Helena Montagu, Duchess of Manchester ( Zimmerman), the divorced wife of William Montagu, 9th Duke of Manchester who was a daughter of

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, in 1937. He died on 3 March 1930 aged 77 at 10 Park Place, St James Street,

, of acute bronchitis and periurethral abscess and interred on 7 March 1930 at Keith Hall, Inverurie, Aberdeen. He was succeeded on the earldom by his second but only surviving son,

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. Kintore's daughter, Lady Ethel Sydney Keith-Falconer, wife of John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven, eventually inherited the earldom. His widow, the dowager Lady Kintore, died at Inverurie, Aberdeen on 21 September 1932.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 2, page 2196.

Legacy

Places and other items named for Earl Kintore include: * County of Kintore in South Australia in 1890 * The town of

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* Kintore, Western Australia, now a ghost town * Kintore Avenue in

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* Kintore's egernia (''Liopholis kintorei)'', an Australian lizard named in 1893 * Mount Kintore and the Kintore Range in the Northern Territory, named by William Tietkens during his expedition of 1889

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