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' 4 VILLAGE NOTES r
' IX Sir George Gipps‘ -
Mush of England's history can be learnt from
combstdnes: in Bridge there is a plaque to a
'Lieu%enant David Pratt"who died on the way home
from India in 18%7, in Patrixbourne one to a Captain
of her Majesty's packet boats in the English Channel
and in Bekesbourne another to a member of the
Gipps family who died in enemy action in 1916 on
H.M.S. Grafton in the Eastern Mediterranean, but the
most famous is the association of Sir George Gipps
with New South Wales. Gipps was born at Ringwold
IE&P Deal, the SOD Ofa parson and was educated at
the King's school; he served under wellington in
Spain and after the Napoleonic wars was stationed
at Chatham , then was sent to the West Indies where
"he showed much administrative skill in governing
Jamaica", ‘
He returned to England and married the
daughter of Major—General Ramsay of Howletts near
Bekesbourne and then in 1837 at the beginning of
‘ictoria's reign went as governor—general to
Australia and was responsible for the tough sheep~
farmers, the Aborigines and keeping the colony out
of debt. "My whole official experience teaches me
that in Downing Street at least the governor who '
keeps his government out of debt is the best."~
As communications were so bad he had sometimes to
act independently of instructions from Whitehall;
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