Background
STRICKLAND, Gerald. L.B. was born on May 24, 1861 in Malta. Son of Captain Walter Strickland, Royal Navy, and Louisa Bonici, heiress of Sir Nicholas Sceberras Bologna. Knight Commander of Saint Michael and Saint George.
STRICKLAND, Gerald. L.B. was born on May 24, 1861 in Malta. Son of Captain Walter Strickland, Royal Navy, and Louisa Bonici, heiress of Sir Nicholas Sceberras Bologna. Knight Commander of Saint Michael and Saint George.
Studied at Oscott College Birmingham. Trinity College Cambridge Honours Law, 1887. Bachelor of Arts; Bachelor of Laws.
Travelled round the World, 1883-1884. Lieutenant C. University Volume Battalion Suffolk Regt, 1886.
President of the University Carlton Club and Cambridge Union Society, 1887.
Assistant Secretary Malta, 1888. Chief Secretary, 18S9.
Major Royal Malta Regiment. President Committee of Privileges.
Governor of Leeward Isles, 1902- 1904.
Of Tasmania, 1904-1909. Received Companion of Saint Michael and Saint George for services as Chairman of Malta Cholera Committee. (Count Della Catena in the Island of Malta), Governor of Western Australia since 1909.
Major Royal Malta Militia.
Clubs: Carlton, Wellington, Constitutional. Royal Mersey Yacht; Westmorland County. Union, Malta.