Lieutenant Colonel Sir Henry Lionel Galway, was a British Army officer and the Governor of South Australia from 18 April 1914 until 30 April 1920. His name was Henry Lionel Gallwey until 1911.
Sir Henry Galway in 1919
H. L. Gallwey c. 1900
Newly appointed Governor Sir Henry Galway arriving at Outer Harbour in 1914
Stanley Price Weir (left foreground) receiving the Distinguished Service Order from the Governor of South Australia, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Lionel Galway, at Keswick Barracks on 15 January 1919
Governor of South Australia
The governor of South Australia is the representative in South Australia of the monarch, currently King Charles III. The governor performs the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as does the governor-general of Australia at the national level. In accordance with the conventions of the Westminster system of parliamentary government, the governor nearly always acts solely on the advice of the head of the elected government, the premier of South Australia. Nevertheless, the governor retains the reserve powers of the Crown, and has the right to dismiss the premier. As from June 2014, Queen Elizabeth II, upon the recommendation of the premier, accorded all current, future and living former governors the title 'The Honourable' for life. The first six governors oversaw the colony from proclamation in 1836, until self-government and an elected Parliament of South Australia was granted in the year prior to the inaugural 1857 election.
Governor of South Australia
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