Arthur Lawley, 6th Baron Wenlock, was a British colonial administrator who served variously as Administrator of Matabeleland, Governor of Western Australia, Lieutenant-Governor of the Transvaal, and G
c. 1908
Sir Walter Hartwell James, was the fifth Premier of Western Australia and an ardent supporter of the federation movement.
Arthur Lawley, 6th Baron Wenlock
…to Charles Duffy. Despite this, Leake's government endured until his premature death on 24 June 1902. The final premier of Lawley's governorship, Walter James, was appointed on 1 July 1902. In December 1901, Lawley toured the south-western parts of the province along with the Governor General Lord Hopetoun…
Walter James, from the Western Australian Government Photographer Collection
Walter James in the 1898 Australasian Federal Convention Album.