Isaac Alfred Isaacs GCB GCMG (1855 - 1948)

Born 6 Aug 1855 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Husband of Deborah (Jacobs) Isaacs — married 18 Jul 1888 in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 11 Feb 1948 at age 92 in South Yarra, Victoria, Australia

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Preceded by Rt Hon John Lawrence Baird, 1st Baron Stonehaven, GCMG DSO PC JP DL

9th Governor-General of Australia 21 January 1931 - 23 January 1936

Succeeded by Brigadier General the Rt Hon Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron Gowrie, VC GCMG CB DSO PC

Biography

Isaac Isaacs GCB GCMG was born in the Colony of Victoria (1851-1900)

Isaac Isaacs GCB GCMG is Notable.

Isaac Alfred Isaacs was born on 6 August 1855 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, the son of Rebecca Isaacs and Alfred Isaacs.^[1]

He married Daisy Jacobs on 18 July 1888 at St Kilda, Victoria.^[2] Their children were:^[1]

• Marjorie Isaacs (1889–1968)
• Nancy Isaacs (1892–1975)

Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs GCB GCMG PC died at his home in South Yarra, Victoria, in the early hours of 11 February 1948, at the age of 92. The Commonwealth Government accorded him a state funeral, which was held on 13 February, and he was buried in Melbourne General Cemetery after a synagogue service. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Zelman Cowen, 'Isaacs, Sir Isaac Alfred (1855–1948)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/isaacs-sir-isaac-alfred-6805/text11773, published first in hardcopy 1983, accessed online 22 February 2017.
2. ↑ "Marriage." 28 July 1888. Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Victoria), p. 2. Retrieved 23 February 2017 from http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/198928998.

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