Charles Norrie, 1st Baron Norrie

Lieutenant General Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, 1st Baron Norrie, GCMG, GCVO, CB, DSO, MC (1893-1977) was a Australian-New Zealand general and political figure. He served as the Governor of South Australia between 1944 and 1952. He then served as the Governor-General of New Zealand between 1952 and 1957. He was created a peer as Baron Norrie, of Wellington in the Dominion of New Zealand and of Upton in the County of Gloucester, in 1957.

Preceded by:
The Lord Freyberg

Governors-General of New Zealand

Succeeded by:
The Viscount Cobham

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