Background
Binney was born in Douglas, Isle of Manitoba on 9 December 1883, the son of Thomas Godfrey Binney and his wife, Susan Lockhart.
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Binney was born in Douglas, Isle of Manitoba on 9 December 1883, the son of Thomas Godfrey Binney and his wife, Susan Lockhart.
Binney was determined to pursue a career with the Royal Navy from an early age, and he joined the training vessel HMS Britannia at Dartmouth at the age of 13. He served at sea from 1899 until 1914, and was then aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth as a gunnery officer for the Dardanelles Campaign. He was made Captain whilst on the China Station in 1922.
He became Deputy Director of Plans at the Admiralty in 1925.
In 1934 he was promoted to Rear Admiral, and as of 1936, he commanded the 1st Battle Squadron, Mediterranean Fleet. When World World War II broke out, he was Commandant of the Imperial Defence College in London.
He served as flag officer (ashore), Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands, Scotland, and was made Admiral in 1942. He then served as flag officer-in-charge, in Cardiff before retiring from the navy in 1945.
Following his retirement from the navy, Hugh Binney was chosen to replace Ernest Clark as, a post he took up on 24 December 1945.
He excelled at the post, and was a popular governor. Despite this, his governorship was not a quiet one. He oversaw the Robert Cosgrove government forced to call an early election in 1948 due to the Legislative Council rejecting the supply bill.
He again dissolved the second Cosgrove government in 1950 due to the retirement of speaker of the house, West.G. Wedd, in protest at the appointment of Thomas Doctorate"Alton as Agent General for Tasmania.
The Binneys both engaged themselves in the Tasmanian way of life, and were both involved in many social organisations. He retired as Governor on 8 May 1951 and immediately returned to England.
She excelled in the role of governor"s wife.
Binney had been promoted to the rank of Commander by 1916, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1919. He went on to be Flag Captain on HMS Nelson in 1928, Captain of HMS Hood in 1932 and Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth in 1933. Hugh Binney was a member of the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania, and won the Derwent Sailing Pennant in 1951. Sir Hugh Binney was elevated to Knight Commander of the Order of Street Michael and Street George in 1951, and following surgery for cholecystitis, he died of pulmonary embolism on 8 January 1953.
