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became home to Canterbury Hockey, Canterbury Rowing, Canterbury Touch Rugby and also used as a venue for Cricket. Porritt Primary School in Napier opened in 1975, named in honour of his service to New Zealand. He has also a dedication of a running track in Hamilton, New Zealand named Porritt Stadium.
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lodges, including Sancta Maria Lodge No. 2682 (a medical practitioners' lodge), Prince of Wales's Lodge No. 259 (a so-called 'red apron' lodge as it nominates one of the 19 Grand Stewards each year, who wear red aprons), and Royal Alpha Lodge No. 16 (membership of which is at the personal invitation
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Later, Porritt's wife also created controversy, when she replied to a question on equal pay for women by stating: "Perhaps when New Zealand, like India and Israel, produces a woman prime minister it will be time to call a halt to the emancipation movement".
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newspaper found 43 per cent of respondents preferred Britons for the role, while 41 per cent favoured New Zealanders and 6 per cent candidates from other Commonwealth countries. Newspapers at the time welcomed the appointment, the
807:. A war-substantive major by February 1943, he was granted the temporary rank of lieutenant colonel and the acting rank of colonel later that year; on 18 December 1943, he was appointed a consultant surgeon with the local rank of 811:. He relinquished this position and his brigadier's rank on 1 September 1945, by which time he was a war-substantive lieutenant colonel. He ended his military career in September 1956, with the honorary rank of colonel in the 1093:
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Cullen, Pamela V., "A Stranger in Blood: The Case Files on Dr John Bodkin Adams", London, Elliott & Thompson, 2006,
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During his term as Governor-General (1968–1971), Porritt served as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand.
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In 1967 Porritt returned to New Zealand to be appointed by the Queen on the advice of Prime Minister
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Lord Porritt died in London at the age of 93 on 1 January 1994. His wife died in 1998. His son is
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relationships are being dealt with adequately through the biological process of intermarriage."
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from 1934 until he was appointed governor-general in 1967. He was the first President of the
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Porritt served as chairman of the British Empire and Commonwealth Games Federation from the
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and President of the Selwyn College Students' Association. In 1923 Porritt was awarded a
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in September of that year, Porritt sparked a heated debate with a Labour candidate
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After retirement from athletics, Porritt was New Zealand's team manager at the
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Porritt is only one of two people to have the rare honour of twice being the
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New Zealand Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
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At the end of his term in September 1972 Porritt returned to England.
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on 5 February 1973, he chose to honour his home town and was created
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2nd Chairman of the British Empire and Commonwealth Games Federation
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saying that it was "an acknowledgement of New Zealand's maturity."
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speech in 1972, Porritt caused more controversy by stating that: "
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Sir Arthur Porritt visits Levin War Veterans Home on 23 July 1969.
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Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
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In 1920 Porritt began studying towards a medical degree at the
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of Hampstead on 25 January 1963. When he was elevated to be a
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New Zealand Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
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In 1966 Porritt was elected president for two years of the
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with the service number 125494. He served in France until
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but served only one year before leaving for New Zealand.
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Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
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Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics
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in Paris, France, where he won a bronze medal in the
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Archived from 1122: 665:, and he studied medicine from 1924 to 1926 at 3235:People educated at Whanganui Collegiate School 2009:Governors and governors-general of New Zealand 1435:(Supplement). 25 September 1956. p. 5483. 1064:Coat of arms of Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt 763: 3265:Presidents of the British Medical Association 2991: 2824: 2680: 2569: 2271: 1993: 1491:(Supplement). 11 November 1947. p. 5352. 1361: 1359: 1301:"Mark Todd best bet to carry NZ's flag again" 1027:Porritt was initiated in Oxford University's 896:Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order 844:, to operate on his patient Jack Hullett for 2343:Bertrand Dawson, 1st Viscount Dawson of Penn 2235:Official secretaries to the governor-general 1395:(Supplement). 18 February 1943. p. 461. 1375:(Supplement). 18 February 1943. p. 859. 1178: 1176: 779:On 8 March 1940, Porritt was commissioned a 3275:New Zealand recipients of a British peerage 3220:Presidents of the Royal Society of Medicine 2388:Alfred Webb-Johnson, 1st Baron Webb-Johnson 2287:Presidents of the Royal Society of Medicine 1683:The Illustrated encyclopedia of New Zealand 1471:(Supplement). 1 February 1945. p. 670. 1196: 117:1 December 1967 β€“ 7 September 1972 2998: 2984: 2841:1934 New Zealand British Empire Games team 2831: 2817: 2687: 2673: 2576: 2562: 2413:Henry Cohen, 1st Baron Cohen of Birkenhead 2278: 2264: 2000: 1986: 1925:President of the Royal Society of Medicine 1816: 1787: 1773: 1356: 1321: 1192:(Supplement). 12 April 1940. p. 2229. 1069: 884:Officer of the Order of the British Empire 354:Officer of the Order of the British Empire 81: 2523:Ilora Finlay, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff 1415:(Supplement). 19 July 1946. p. 3789. 1173: 976:that the welfare state was "uneconomic". 3245:20th-century New Zealand medical doctors 3150:Olympic bronze medalists for New Zealand 1601: 1581: 1561: 1541: 1531:(Supplement). 1 January 1957. p. 5. 1521: 1511:(Supplement). 8 June 1950. p. 2778. 1501: 1481: 1461: 1425: 1405: 1385: 1365: 1182: 1031:on 13 June 1925, and later joined other 924: 890:on 14 November 1947. 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He served as the 11th 383:74 kg (163 lb) 268:Magdalen College, Oxford 87:Porritt in his uniform, 2368:Thomas Clifford Allbutt 1880:Sir George Douglas Robb 1205:"Porritt, Arthur Espie" 1058: 799:, and later landing in 720:New Zealand flag bearer 3240:New Zealand Freemasons 2528:Robin C. N. 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Colonel
The Right Honourable
Bt
GCMG
GCVO
CBE
KStJ
FRCS

Governor-General of New Zealand
Elizabeth II
Keith Holyoake
Jack Marshall
The Lord Ballantrae
Sir Denis Blundell
2nd Chairman of the British Empire and Commonwealth Games Federation
Sir Alexander Ross
Wanganui
London
Alma mater
University of Otago
Magdalen College, Oxford
British Army
Colonel
Second World War
Battle of France
North African Campaign
Operation Overlord
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Officer of the Legion of Merit

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