Australian Governors General

Earl of Hopetoun, Lord Tennyson Lord Northcote, Earl of Dudley Lord Denman, then lowly Sir Munroe dash Ferguson LORD FORSTER OF LEPE Lord Stonehaven Then Aussie born Sir Isaac A Isaacs Lord Gowrie Then royally HRH Duke of Glouster SIR WILLIAM MCKELL Field Marshall Sir Bill Slim Had following him Two Viscounts ‘de style’ Dunrossil, De L’Isle Aussie Lord Casey And a quartet of Sirs Hasluck, Kerr, Cowen and Stephen Then plain old Bill Hayden SIR WILLIAM DEANE Then an incumbent for what it is worth The Right Reverend Doctor Peter Hollingsworth Who was resigned to his fate to leave the lodge free For Major General Michael Jeffrey Then within a trice Dame Quentin Bryce General (again) Sir (again) Peter Cosgrove Mightily strove To be bright and early For General (again) David Hurley Who may have been lustin’ For Samantha Mostyn Note: The only repeated first given name for the non-Peers is William of which there have been 4 For Peers: William (3), Henry (3), John (2) Total: William (7), Henry (3), John (3)