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William Charles Arcedeckne Vanneck, 5th Baron Huntingfield, KCMG (3 January 188320 November 1969) was a British Conservative Party politician, Governor of Victoria and Administrator of Australia. He was the first native-born governor of an Australian state. ==Early life== Born in Gatton, Queensland, Australia. He was the son of Hon. William Arcedeckne Vanneck and Mary Armstrong. He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, whereafter he joined the 13th/18th Hussars reaching the rank of captain. He succeeded his uncle in 1915 as 5th Baron Huntingfield of Heveningham Hall and 7th Baronet Vanneck of Putney. He married American born Margaret Eleanor Crosby (d. 1 March 1943), the daughter of Ernest Howard Crosby and Fanny Kendall Schieffelin. 〔 ''ThePeerage.com''page 14879 http://www.thepeerage.com/p14879.htm#i148781 Accessed August 27, 2015 〕 From her paternal grandmother Margaret Evertson Givan, Crosby was descendant from Dutch, French Canadian and Scandinavian ancestors who settled in North America. She was also a descendant of King Robert III of Scotland. 〔 Dobson, John Blythe RECENT LITERATURE ON THE DUNCANSON SISTERS OF NEW NETHERLAND. ''New York Genealogical and Biographical Record'' October 2013 pages 306-309.〕 They had four children: *Hon. Sara Carola Vanneck (25 September 1913 – 2001), married David Arthur Peel on 14 April 1936 *Gerald Vanneck, 6th Baron Huntingfield (1915–1994) *Hon. Anne Margaret Theodosia Vanneck (20 May 1918 – 2000), married Peter Moro, the architect, on 2 March 1940 and had issue; divorced 1984. *Hon. Sir Peter Vanneck (1922–1999) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Vanneck, 5th Baron Huntingfield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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