Royal Navy officer and Governor of Western Australia (1838–1913)
Admiral
Sir Frederick Bedford
GCB, GCVO
Bedford as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, December 1903
14th Governor of Western Australia
In office 24 March 1903 – 30 May 1909
Monarch
Edward VII
Premier
Walter James Henry Daglish Hector Rason Newton Moore
Preceded by
Sir Arthur Lawley
Succeeded by
Sir Gerald Strickland
Personal details
Born
(1838-12-24)24 December 1838
Died
30 January 1913(1913-01-30) (aged 74)
Military service
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Branch/service
Royal Navy
Years of service
1852–1903
Rank
Admiral
Commands
North America and West Indies Station Cape of Good Hope Station
Battles/wars
Crimean War Mahdist War
Awards
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Memorial to Frederick George Denham Bedford, Greenwich Hospital Chapel
Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford, GCB, GCVO (24 December 1838 – 30 January 1913)[1] was a senior Royal Navy officer and Governor of Western Australia from 24 March 1903 to 22 April 1909.
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Kimberley region. Both the station and nearby Mount Bedford were named in 1903 after Admiral FrederickBedford, who was the Governor of Western Australia. Established...
officially opened on 8 June 1903, by newly-arrived Governor, Sir FrederickBedford. In 2004 the Full Court and the Court of Criminal Appeal were subsumed...
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the government of Walter James, who resigned as premier. Governor FrederickBedford then swore in Daglish as premier of Western Australia, colonial treasurer...
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the Ashburton District with a size of 876,892 acres (354,866 ha). FrederickBedford and De Pledge acquired Globe Hill Station in 1909 for £35,000. De...
Phillips (now the Hann); lakes Yeo and Rason; and ranges Mackay, Sir FrederickBedford and McFadden Range. In 1909 Hann shocked people in Perth by a report...
office 25 August 1905 – 7 May 1906 Monarch Edward VII Governor Sir FrederickBedford Preceded by Henry Daglish Succeeded by Sir Newton Moore Constituency...
people died from a severe outbreak of smallpox. Rear Admiral Sir FrederickBedford, who had led the British forces against Koko, sent the following telegram...
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Sir Arthur Lawley GCIE KCMG 1 May 1901 23 March 1903 14 Admiral Sir FrederickBedford KCB 24 March 1903 30 May 1909 15 Sir Gerald Strickland KCMG 31 May...
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