Armorial of the governors-general of Australia explained

The following is an armorial of the individuals who have served as governor-general of the Commonwealth of Australia.

Several Australian governors-general have been granted armorial achievements, commonly referred to as coats of arms, with many having been inherited.

See also

• List of governors-general of Australia
• Australian heraldry
• Coat of arms of Australia
• Roll of arms
• Armorial of the governors-general of New Zealand
• Armorial of the governors general of Canada
• Armorial of prime ministers of the United Kingdom
• List of personal coats of arms of presidents of the United States

External links

• Official Website of the Governor-General of Australia
• The Australian Heraldry Society

Notes and References

1. Web site: Former Governors-General . www.gg.gov.au . The Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General (OOSGG) . 26 June 2022.
2. Web site: Countries An-Az . www.rulers.org . 26 June 2022.
3. Book: Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage . 1903 . London : Dean & Son . 516, LINLITHGOW, MARQUESS OF. (Hope.) . 26 June 2022.
4. Book: Paul . James Balfour . The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom. Volume IV . 1907 . Edinburgh : D. Douglas . 484-505, Linlithgow . 26 June 2022.
5. Book: Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage . 1903 . London : Dean & Son . 798, TENNYSON, BARON. (Tennyson.) . 26 June 2022.
6. Book: Burke . Bernard . Burke . Ashworth P. . A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage . 1915 . London : Harrison & Sons . 1945-1946, TENNYSON . 77th . 26 June 2022.
7. Book: Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage . 1903 . London : Dean & Son . 630, NORTHCOTE, BARON. (Northcote.) . 26 June 2022.
8. Book: Debrett's Peerage, and Titles of Courtesy . 1921 . London, Dean . 313, DUDLEY, EARL OF. (Ward.) . 26 June 2022.
9. Book: Burke . Bernard . Burke . Ashworth P. . A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage . 1915 . London : Harrison & Sons . 675-676, DUDLEY . 77th . 26 June 2022.
10. Book: Debrett's Peerage, and Titles of Courtesy . 1921 . London, Dean . 279, DENMAN, BARON. (Denman.) . 26 June 2022.
11. Book: Burke . Bernard . Burke . Ashworth P. . A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage . 1915 . London : Harrison & Sons . 613-614, DENMAN . 77th . 26 June 2022.
12. Web site: Ferguson Coat of Arms Meanings and Family Crest Artwork . coadb.com: Coat of Arms, Surname Histories, Genealogy . 27 June 2022.
13. Web site: Crest of the Day: Viscount Novar . officeofthelordlyon.blogspot.com . Court of the Lord Lyon . 27 June 2022.
14. Book: Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage And Companionage . 1923 . 703, NOVAR, VISCOUNT. (Munro-Ferguson) . 28 June 2022.
15. Book: Debrett's Peerage, and Titles of Courtesy . 1921 . London, Dean . 380, FORSTER, BARON. (Forster.) . 26 June 2022.
16. Book: Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, And Companionage . 1936 . 917, STONEHAVEN, BARON. (Baird.) . 28 June 2022.
17. Book: Debrett's peerage and baronetage . 1985 . London : Debrett's Peerage : Macmillan . 978-0-333-37824-3 . 513, GOWRIE, EARL OF (Ruthven) . 29 June 2022.
18. Book: Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, And Companionage . 1936 . 9, DUKE OF GLOUCESTER . 4 July 2022.
19. Web site: Marks of cadency in the British royal family . www.heraldica.org . 4 July 2022.
20. Book: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage . 1985 . London : Debrett's Peerage : Macmillan . 978-0-333-37824-3 . 1109, SLIM, VISCOUNT. (Slim.) . 4 July 2022.
21. Web site: Manning . Baz . 133 Speaker Morrison, 1951-1959. English arms. . 4 July 2022 . 1 January 2011.
22. Web site: Manning . Baz . 133 Speaker Morrison, portrait armorial name plate. Scottish arms. . 4 July 2022 . 10 September 2011.
23. Book: Burke . Bernard . The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales : comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time . 1962 . [London] : [W. Clowes] . 927 . 30 June 2022.
24. Book: Debrett's Peerage . 1973.
25. Web site: A HISTORY AND DETAILED GUIDE TO ST GEORGE'S CATHEDRAL PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA . www.perthcathedral.org . Perth Cathedral . 2 July 2022.
26. Book: Hasluck . Sir Paul . Light that Time Has Made . 1995 . National Library Australia . 978-0-642-10652-0 . 200 . 2 July 2022 . en.
27. Web site: Kerr, Sir John GCMG - Ermine a Mimosa flower ensigned with the Royal Crown proper on a Chief Gules a Heart Or between two pierce… Heraldry, Mimosa flower, Ermine . Pinterest . 4 July 2022 . en.
28. Book: Whitlam . Gough . The Truth of the Matter . 1 January 2005 . Melbourne Univ. Publishing . 978-0-522-85212-7 . 233–234 . 4 July 2022 . en.
29. HERALDRY OF SIR NINIAN STEPHEN . The Friends of St George's & Descendants of the Knights of the Garter Annual Review 2016/17 . IX . 8 . 484–485 . 16 October 2023.
30. Web site: Discover More . www.governor.nsw.gov.au . Governor of New South Wales . 28 December 2022 . en-AU.