ABSTRACT
Athlone, KG,GCMG,FRS (1874-1957). After education at Eton, he served in the South African War (1899-1900) and also the Great War (1914-18). He subsequently became Governor-General of the Union of South Africa (1923-31), and GovernorGeneral of the Dominion of Canada (1940^46). He was personal ADC to King George VI (1919-52) and to Queen Elizabeth II (1953-57). Athlone was Chancellor of the University of London (1932-55). [See also: B Clifford. Cambridge, Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George, Earl of Athlone {formerly Prince Alexander of Teck] (1874-1957). In: HCG Matthew and B Harrison (eds) Oxford Dictionary o f National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2004:9:599-601.]
2 Post-graduate Medical Committee. Report o f the Post-graduate Medical Committee - May 1921. London: HM Stationery Office 1921: 29.
