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Ernest Crutchley

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With the demise of the FCC and the onset of the depression the house was used occasionally for Public Service purposes but remained unoccupied most of the time until in 1932 it was let to the United Kingdom for its representative, E.T. Crutchley who remained in Australia until 1935. His occupancy was followed successively by the UK’s first four High Commissioners to Australia: Sir Geoffrey Whiskard (1936-1941); Sir Ronald Cross (1941-1945); Mr. (now Sir Edward) Williams (1946-1952); and Sir Stephen Holmes who took up the position in 1952. .....
The timing of this use as the first diplomatic mission in Canberra was a reflection of the new view, first expressed in 1926, that Governors-General were to be regarded as representatives of the Crown, not agents of the British government, and consequently the British government now needed diplomatic representatives in the Dominions. ...
Between Cruthchley’s departure and the arrival of the first High Commissioner considerable alterations were made to the house.

"E. T. Crutchley" is one Ernest Tristram Crutchley. It seems clear that Geoffrey Whiskard was the first person specifically named High Commissioner, but Crutchley was in Australia in 1931 when the new relationship started, and he became the British Representative in Australia, which is the same as High Commissioner in all but name. So, effectively, he was the first person to be in the HC's role. He certainly had a significant role to play in the 1932 NSW constitutional crisis that led to Jack Lang being sacked. – [1].

Is there room in the list for Crutchley? This would require some explanation, because he didn’t actually have the title "High Commissioner". -- JackofOz (talk) 00:15, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 7 August 2023

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) — DaxServer (t · m · e · c) 10:07, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

– Per MOS:CAPS and MOS:JOBTITLES, "(lord) high commissioners" is plural here, therefor it's considered a common noun. See also the discussion here. Woko Sapien (talk) 17:34, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. I note that the equivalent articles for ambassadors are all correctly lower-case. Tassedethe (talk) 18:26, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. estar8806 (talk) ★ 19:21, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. While you are doing that consider changing ... to the Solomon Islands to ...to Solomon Islands as per the country name described in Solomon Islands.The British HighCom in Honiara certainly understands that. Ex nihil (talk) 11:45, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support: Per nom. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:55, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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