1st Earl Alexander of Tunis Harold Alexander Hand Signed TLS JG Autographs COA

  

"1st Earl Alexander of Tunis" Harold Alexander Signed TLS Dated 1952. This item is certified authentic by JG Autographs and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity. Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis. (10 December 1891 - 16 June 1969) was a senior.

Officer who served with distinction in both the. Parents and was educated at.

Before moving on to the. For training as an army officer of the.

He rose to prominence through his service in the First World War, receiving numerous honours and decorations, and continued his military career through various British campaigns across Europe and Asia. In World War II, Alexander oversaw the final stages of the.

And subsequently held high-ranking field commands in. Including serving as Commander-in-Chief Middle East and commanding the.

And again in Italy before receiving his field marshal's baton and being made Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean. In 1946 he was appointed as governor general by. And he occupied the post until succeeded by. Alexander proved to be enthusiastic about the Canadian wilderness and was a popular governor general with Canadians. He was the last non-Canadian-born governor general before the appointment of.

In 1999, as well as the last governor general to be a peer. After the end of his viceregal tenure, Alexander was sworn into the.

Queen's Privy Council for Canada. And thereafter, in order to serve as the. Alexander retired in 1954 and died in 1969.

Alexander was born in London into an aristocratic family from. He was the third son of. James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon.

And the Countess of Caledon, a daughter of. The 3rd Earl of Norbury. There participating as the 11th batsman in the sensational. Though Alexander toyed with the notion of becoming an artist, he went instead on to the.