Sir George Ruthven Le HunteGCMG (20 August 1852 – 29 January 1925) was a British politician. He served as
Governor of South Australia from 1 July 1903 until 18 February 1909, soon after the federation of Australia.[1][2]
George Le Hunte married Caroline Rachel Clowes (c. 1854 – 18 May 1939) on 14 February 1884; she was a cousin of
Evelyn May Clowes.[5] They had two children:
John Le Hunte (11 August 1886 – ) married Vera Spurgin, daughter of John Henry Spurgin,[6] on 12 August 1913. While there were reports of his being killed in action early in World War I,[7] he was a prisoner of war; during World War II he worked in the Air Ministry.[8]
Editha Rachel Le Hunte (c. October 1892 – ) married Godfrey Barton Pease (15 May 1887 – ) on 5 October 1912. Details of his death in WWI[9] have also been hard to find. Other reports[10] indicate they both survived to 1919 at least.
Lt.-Col. Godfrey Philip Desmond Pease (19 September 1913 – 8 March 2007)
Ann Pease ( – ) married Lt.-Col. William Eliott Lockhart
^"Sir George Le Hunte Dead". The Register. Vol. XC, no. 26, 239. South Australia. 31 January 1925. p. 9. Retrieved 16 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Concerning People". The Register. Vol. LXXXIII, no. 22, 396. South Australia. 20 August 1918. p. 4. Retrieved 17 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Concerning People". The Register. Vol. LXXXIII, no. 22, 283. South Australia. 10 April 1918. p. 6. Retrieved 17 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Our Vice-Regal Ladies". The Critic. Vol. XIX, no. 1092. South Australia. 15 January 1919. p. 9. Retrieved 17 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.