Australian jurist and Governor of Tasmania (1937–2014)
This article is about the Governor of Tasmania. For the parapsychologist, see Peter Underwood (parapsychologist).
The Honourable
Peter Underwood
AC
Underwood in 2012
27th Governor of Tasmania
In office 2 April 2008 – 7 July 2014
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Premier
Paul Lennon (2008) David Bartlett (2008–11) Lara Giddings (2011–14) Will Hodgman (2014)
Preceded by
William Cox
Succeeded by
Kate Warner
Personal details
Born
Peter George Underwood
(1937-10-10)10 October 1937 United Kingdom
Died
7 July 2014(2014-07-07) (aged 76) Hobart, Tasmania
Citizenship
Australian
Spouse
Frances Underwood
Alma mater
University of Tasmania
Awards
Companion of the Order of Australia
Military service
Allegiance
Australia
Branch/service
Royal Australian Navy
Rank
Sub-Lieutenant
Peter George Underwood, AC (10 October 1937 – 7 July 2014) was an Australian jurist and the Governor of Tasmania from 2008 until his death in 2014. He was the Chief Justice of Tasmania from 2004 to 2008, having been a judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania from 1984.
Peter George Underwood, AC (10 October 1937 – 7 July 2014) was an Australian jurist and the Governor of Tasmania from 2008 until his death in 2014. He...
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combustible marsh gas. A local fisherman recounted to parapsychologist PeterUnderwood how he had once thrown himself to the floor to escape the attention...
hunters", such as Harry Price, active in the 1920s and 1930s, and PeterUnderwood, active in the 1940s and 1950s, published accounts of their experiences...
television show Whatever You Want, Underwood had previously made it to the last four in interviews for the Blue Peter vacancy subsequently filled by Simon...