Colonel Sir Henry Abel Smith, was a British Army officer who served as Governor of Queensland, Australia. He married Lady May Cambridge, a niece of Queen Mary, consort of King George V.
Scenes of jubilation as British troops liberate Brussels, 4 September 1944. Lieutenant Colonel Henry Abel Smith, CO of the 2nd Household Cavalry Regiment, arrives in his Staghound armoured car.
The Governor of Queensland is the representative of the monarch, currently King Charles III, in the state of Queensland. In an analogous way to the governor-general at the national level, the governor performs constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level. In particular the governor has the power to appoint and dismiss the premier of Queensland and all other ministers in the Cabinet, and issue writs for the election of the state parliament.
Governor of Queensland
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