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Forfarshire, Scotland
79. Sir Thomas D. G. Carmichael, afterwards 1st Lord Carmichael 1907-09 (Grand Master of
Victoria, Australia, 1909-12)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gibson-Carmichael%2C_1st_Baron_Carmichael
Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael Bt GCSI GCIE KCMG MA DL (18 March
1859 – 16 January 1926) was a Scottish Liberal politician of Skirling.
The eldest son of Rev. Sir William Henry Gibson-Carmichael, 10th Baronet and Eleanora Anderson, he
was educated at St John's College, Cambridge. He succeeded his father as 11th Baronet in 1891;
He was Private Secretary to Sir George Trevelyan and Lord Dalhousie [Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl
of Dalhousie, GM Scotland 1867-70 above or John William Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie KT,
(1847 - 1887)], when Secretaries for Scotland and was Chairman of the Scottish Board of Lunacy from
1894–1897.
He contested Peebles and Selkirk in 1892, and sat as Liberal member for Midlothian from 1895–1900,
succeeding William Gladstone. He was a Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery from 1904–1908, and of
National Gallery from 1906–1908 and from 1923–1926. He was Governor of Victoria, Australia, 1908–
1911; Madras, 1911–1912; Bengal, 1912–1917; Lord Lieutenant of Peeblesshire, 1920–1926.
He was appointed a KCMG in 1908, GCIE in 1911 and GCSI in 1917. In 1912 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Carmichael.
The Barony became extinct on his death, and he was succeeded to the baronetcy by his cousin Sir Henry Thomas Gibson-Craig,
5th Baronet.
http://www.thepeerage.com/p20596.htm
Sir Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael, 1st and last Baron Carmichael was born on 18 March 1859 in Edinburgh, Midlothian,
Scotland. He was the son of Reverend Sir William Henry Gibson-Carmichael, 10th Bt. and Eleonora Anne Anderson. He married
Hon. Mary Helen Elizabeth Nugent, daughter of Albert Llewellyn Nugent, 3rd Baron Nugent and Elizabeth Baltazzi, on 1 July 1886
in St. Michael's Church, Chester Square, London, England. He died on 16 January 1926 at age 66 in 13 Portman Street, London,
England, without issue. He was buried on 21 January 1926 in Skirling, Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Sir Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael, 1st and last Baron Carmichael graduated from St. John's
College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, in 1881 with a Bachelor of Arts
(B.A.). 1 He graduated from St. John's College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, in
1884 with a Master of Arts (M.A.). He was Private Secretary to the Secretary for Scotland in 1886. He
succeeded to the title of 11th Baronet Gibson-Carmichael of Pentland on 19 December 1891. He held
the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Livberal) for Midlothian between 1895 and 1900. He was
invested as a Knight Commander, Order of St. Michael and St. George (K.C.M.G.) in 1908. He held
the office of Governor of Victoria between 1908 and 1911. He was invested as a Knight Grand
Commander, Order of the Indian Empire (G.C.I.E.) in 1911. He held the office of Governor of Madras
between 1911 and 1912. He held the office of Governor of Bengal between 1912 and 1917. He was
created 1st Baron Carmichael, of Skirling, co. Peebles [U.K.] on 7 February 1912. He was invested as
a Knight Grand Commander, Order of the Star of India (G.C.S.I.) in 1917.
He "was called, as the first Governor of Bengal, to administer a newly-reconstituted province at a
time of supreme difficulty. He was not—and would not have claimed for himself that he was—one of
the great Indian rulers; but he is remembered there with affection for his natural kindness of heart and
the versatility of his interest." On his death, his Barony became extinct.
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http://www.thedailystar.net/starinsight/2006/08/02/guru.htm
Carmichael College south of Rangpur in North Bengal was established on 10 November, 1916 by Lord Thomas David Baron
Carmichael, the then Governor of undivided Bengal, and named after him. The college has earned a great prestige and reputation
for itself not just because of its high education quality but also for the various literary and cultural involvements of its students and
faculty members.
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