Word: stonehaven
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. John Lawrence Baird, Viscount Stonehaven, 67, onetime (1925-30) Governor General of Australia; in Stonehaven, Scotland. Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1931 to 1936, he created a minor political sensation in 1939 when his fear that Chamberlain appeasement meant restoration of German colonies led him to refuse to be a candidate for the presidency of his local Conservative group...