John de Vere Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst, was a British Army officer, politician and colonial administrator. After serving in the army, the Foreign Office, and as a Conservative Member of Parliament in
Frederick Jordan
…replace him as Lieutenant-Governor of NSW, and Jordan was required to administer the Government of NSW in 1946 in the period between the resignation of Lord Wakehurst on 8 January and the appointment of Sir John Northcott on 1 August. Jordan became seriously ill in 1949 and died in his home at Vaucluse on 4 November…
Wakehurst in 1937
Lord Wakehurst is received in NSW by Premier Bertram Stevens (left) in 1937
Wakehurst with Bob Heffron, Minister for National Emergency Services, in 1941.