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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">6th <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_South_Africa" title="Governor-General of South Africa">Governor-General of South Africa</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />5 April 1937 – 17 July 1943</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Monarch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_VI" title="George VI">George VI</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul 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Hertzog</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Smuts" title="Jan Smuts">Jan Smuts</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_Villiers,_6th_Earl_of_Clarendon" title="George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon">The Earl of Clarendon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nicolaas_Jacobus_de_Wet" title="Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet">Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet</a> (acting)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Gideon_Brand_van_Zyl" title="Gideon Brand van Zyl">Gideon Brand van Zyl</a></li></ul></div></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Home_Affairs_(South_Africa)" title="Minister of Home Affairs (South Africa)">Minister for the Interior</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Education_(South_Africa)" title="Minister of Education (South Africa)">Education</a> <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Health_(South_Africa)" title="Minister of Health (South Africa)">and Public Health</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />February 1921 – 30 June 1924</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jan_Smuts" title="Jan Smuts">Jan Smuts</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Watt_(politician)" title="Thomas Watt (politician)">Thomas Watt</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Stephanus_Malan" class="mw-redirect" title="François Stephanus Malan">F. S. Malan</a> (Education)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Fran%C3%A7ois_Malan" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel François Malan">Daniel François Malan</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">21 December 1870<br /><a href="/wiki/Ellon,_Aberdeenshire" title="Ellon, Aberdeenshire">Fortrie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Banffshire" title="Banffshire">Banffshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">17 July 1943<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend dday deathdate">1943-07-18</span>)</span> (aged 72)<br /><a href="/wiki/Pretoria" title="Pretoria">Pretoria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Transvaal_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Transvaal Province">Transvaal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa" title="Union of South Africa">South Africa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/British_diaspora_in_Africa" title="British diaspora in Africa">Anglo-South African</a> (also <a href="/wiki/British_subject" title="British subject">British subject</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Alice Dold, Lady Duncan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Edinburgh" title="University of Edinburgh">University of Edinburgh</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Balliol_College,_Oxford" title="Balliol College, Oxford">Balliol College, Oxford</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sir Patrick Duncan</b>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George">GCMG</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_of_Justice_of_the_Order_of_St_John" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight of Justice of the Order of St John">KStJ</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">PC</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Counsel" title="King's Counsel">KC</a></span></span> (21 December 1870 – 17 July 1943) was the sixth <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_the_Union_of_South_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor-General of the Union of South Africa">Governor-General of the Union of South Africa</a>, holding office from 1937 until his death in 1943. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Duncan_(South_African_politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> in 1870, he took degrees in classics at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Edinburgh" title="University of Edinburgh">University of Edinburgh</a> and at <a href="/wiki/Balliol_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Balliol College">Balliol College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oxford" title="Oxford">Oxford</a>, and studied law in the <a href="/wiki/Inner_Temple" title="Inner Temple">Inner Temple</a>, before joining the British <a href="/wiki/Civil_service" title="Civil service">civil service</a> in 1894 as a Clerk of the Upper Division in the Secretaries' Office for <a href="/wiki/Inland_Revenue" title="Inland Revenue">Inland Revenue</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Colonial_service">Colonial service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Duncan_(South_African_politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Colonial service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1901, during the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Boer_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Boer War">Anglo-Boer War</a> (1899–1902), he was recruited by <a href="/wiki/Viscount_Milner" class="mw-redirect" title="Viscount Milner">Viscount Milner</a>, to join a team of young administrators – known as "<a href="/wiki/Milner%27s_Kindergarten" title="Milner's Kindergarten">Milner's Kindergarten</a>" – to govern and <a href="/wiki/Anglicise" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglicise">anglicise</a> the British-occupied <a href="/wiki/Transvaal_Colony" title="Transvaal Colony">Transvaal</a>. He was Colonial Secretary of the Transvaal from 1903 until the colony was granted self-government in 1907, playing an important part in the repatriation of ex-prisoners of war, and in the social and financial reconstruction of the former <a href="/wiki/Boer" class="mw-redirect" title="Boer">Boer</a> state. </p><p>Duncan practised as an attorney from 1907 to 1910, and was a legal adviser to the Transvaal delegation to the 1908-1909 <a href="/wiki/National_Convention_(South_Africa)" title="National Convention (South Africa)">National Convention</a> that drew up the <a href="/wiki/South_Africa_Act_1909" title="South Africa Act 1909">South Africa Act</a> that established the <a href="/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa" title="Union of South Africa">Union of South Africa</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Duncan_(South_African_politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was a member of the Union Parliament from 1910 to 1936, first as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(South_Africa)" title="Unionist Party (South Africa)">Unionist Party</a>, then of the <a href="/wiki/South_African_Party" title="South African Party">South African Party</a> and its successor the <a href="/wiki/United_Party_(South_Africa)" title="United Party (South Africa)">United Party</a>. He was Minister of Education, the Interior, and Public Health in the SAP administration from 1921 to 1924, and Minister of Mines in the UP administration from 1933 to 1936. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governor-General_of_South_Africa">Governor-General of South Africa</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Duncan_(South_African_politician)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Governor-General of South Africa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Duncan was appointed Governor-General in 1937, the first South African citizen appointee to hold the post. King <a href="/wiki/George_VI" title="George VI">George VI</a>, whom he represented as head of state, knighted him and appointed him to the <a href="/wiki/Her_Majesty%27s_Most_Honourable_Privy_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council">Imperial Privy Council of the United Kingdom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although widely respected and above party politics, he made himself controversial in 1939 by refusing to call a general election on the question of whether or not the Union should enter <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. The <a href="/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_South_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Prime Ministers of South Africa">prime minister</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Barry_Munnik_Hertzog" class="mw-redirect" title="James Barry Munnik Hertzog">J.B.M. Hertzog</a>, a former Boer General, wanted to stay neutral, but Parliament, included most members of his own party, supported his deputy, <a href="/wiki/Jan_Smuts" title="Jan Smuts">Jan Smuts</a>. Like Hertzog, <a href="/wiki/Jan_Smuts_in_the_Boer_War" title="Jan Smuts in the Boer War">Smuts also famously commanded</a> Boer forces <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">during the war</a> but nonetheless favored entering the war on the side of the Allies. Sir Patrick's refusal to call a new election rendered Hertzog a lame duck, after losing a vote of no-confidence he resigned from office. Sir Patrick swiftly commissioned Smuts to form a new government. </p><p>With Smuts as Prime Minister, South Africa entered the war as a loyal ally of Great Britain, South Africa's entry into World War II triggered both short and long term political re-alignments that eventually led to Smuts being forced out of politics after the war and South Africa withdrawing from the British Commonwealth on 31 May 1961. However, Sir Patrick would never witness these events transpire, dying in office in 1943. His ashes were interred in a monument at the new Duncan Dock in <a href="/wiki/Cape_Town" title="Cape Town">Cape Town</a> harbour, which was named after him. The informal township of <a href="/wiki/Duncan_Village" title="Duncan Village">Duncan Village</a> in <a href="/wiki/East_London,_South_Africa" title="East London, South Africa">East London</a>, and the suburb of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Duncanville,_Gauteng&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Duncanville, Gauteng (page does not exist)">Duncanville</a> near <a href="/wiki/Vereeniging" title="Vereeniging">Vereeniging</a>, were also named after him. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Duncan_(South_African_politician)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sir Patrick married Alice Dold in 1916. They had three sons and a daughter. One son, Andrew (1920–1942), was killed on active service in <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a>. Another son, <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Duncan_(anti-apartheid_activist)" title="Patrick Duncan (anti-apartheid activist)">Patrick</a> (1918–1967), was a well-known anti-<a href="/wiki/Apartheid" title="Apartheid">apartheid</a> activist. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Duncan_(South_African_politician)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-weight: normal; background-color: #6C488F; color: #fff;"><span style="font-size:80%">Viceregal styles of</span><br /><b><span class="fn">Sir Patrick Duncan</span></b></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_South_Africa_(1932%E2%80%932000).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Coat_of_arms_of_South_Africa_%281932%E2%80%932000%29.svg/60px-Coat_of_arms_of_South_Africa_%281932%E2%80%932000%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Coat_of_arms_of_South_Africa_%281932%E2%80%932000%29.svg/90px-Coat_of_arms_of_South_Africa_%281932%E2%80%932000%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Coat_of_arms_of_South_Africa_%281932%E2%80%932000%29.svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_South_Africa_%281932%E2%80%932000%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="505" data-file-height="573" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Style_(manner_of_address)" class="mw-redirect" title="Style (manner of address)">Reference style</a></th><td class="infobox-data">His Excellency</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spoken style</th><td class="infobox-data">Your Excellency</td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ord.St.Michele-Giorgio.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Ord.St.Michele-Giorgio.png/80px-Ord.St.Michele-Giorgio.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Ord.St.Michele-Giorgio.png 1.5x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span></td> <td>Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)</td> <td>1937<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Companion of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" title="Order of St Michael and St George">Order of St Michael and St George</a> (CMG)</td> <td>KB 1904<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_St_John_(UK)_ribbon_-vector.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Order_of_St_John_%28UK%29_ribbon_-vector.svg/80px-Order_of_St_John_%28UK%29_ribbon_-vector.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Order_of_St_John_%28UK%29_ribbon_-vector.svg/120px-Order_of_St_John_%28UK%29_ribbon_-vector.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Order_of_St_John_%28UK%29_ribbon_-vector.svg/160px-Order_of_St_John_%28UK%29_ribbon_-vector.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="442" data-file-height="126" /></a></span></td> <td>Knight of the <a href="/wiki/Venerable_Order_of_St_John" class="mw-redirect" title="Venerable Order of St John">Venerable Order of St John of Jerusalem</a> (KStJ)</td> <td>KB 1937<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_King_George_V_Coronation_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/UK_King_George_V_Coronation_Medal_ribbon.svg/80px-UK_King_George_V_Coronation_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/UK_King_George_V_Coronation_Medal_ribbon.svg/120px-UK_King_George_V_Coronation_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/UK_King_George_V_Coronation_Medal_ribbon.svg/160px-UK_King_George_V_Coronation_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/King_George_V_Coronation_Medal" title="King George V Coronation Medal">King George V Coronation Medal</a></td> <td>1911 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_King_George_V_Silver_Jubilee_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/UK_King_George_V_Silver_Jubilee_Medal_ribbon.svg/80px-UK_King_George_V_Silver_Jubilee_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/UK_King_George_V_Silver_Jubilee_Medal_ribbon.svg/120px-UK_King_George_V_Silver_Jubilee_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/UK_King_George_V_Silver_Jubilee_Medal_ribbon.svg/160px-UK_King_George_V_Silver_Jubilee_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/King_George_V_Silver_Jubilee_Medal" title="King George V Silver Jubilee Medal">King George V Silver Jubilee Medal</a></td> <td>1935 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GeorgeVICoronationRibbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/GeorgeVICoronationRibbon.png/80px-GeorgeVICoronationRibbon.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/GeorgeVICoronationRibbon.png 1.5x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/King_George_VI_Coronation_Medal" title="King George VI Coronation Medal">King George VI Coronation Medal</a></td> <td>1937 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Duncan_(South_African_politician)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 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class="citation book cs1">Lavin, Deborah, ed. (2010). <i>Friendship and union. The South African letters of Patrick Duncan and Maud Selborne, 1907-1943</i>. Cape Town: Van Riebeeck Society. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0981426419" title="Special:BookSources/978-0981426419"><bdi>978-0981426419</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Friendship+and+union.+The+South+African+letters+of+Patrick+Duncan+and+Maud+Selborne%2C+1907-1943&rft.place=Cape+Town&rft.pub=Van+Riebeeck+Society&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-0981426419&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APatrick+Duncan+%28South+African+politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Duncan_(South_African_politician)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span 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alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://purl.org/pressemappe20/folder/pe/004351">Newspaper clippings about Patrick Duncan</a> in the <a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Press_Archives" title="20th Century Press Archives">20th Century Press Archives</a> of the <a href="/wiki/German_National_Library_of_Economics" title="German National Library of Economics">ZBW</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #bebebe;">Government offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Edward_Davidson" title="Walter Edward Davidson">Walter Edward Davidson</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Transvaal_Colony" title="Transvaal Colony">Colonial Secretary of the Transvaal</a> </b><br />1903–1907 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jan_Smuts" title="Jan Smuts">Jan Smuts</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Assembly_of_South_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Assembly of South Africa">House of Assembly of South Africa</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New constituency</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of Parliament for <a href="/wiki/Fordsburg" title="Fordsburg">Fordsburg</a> </b><br />1910–1920 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Morris_Kentridge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Morris Kentridge (page does not exist)">Morris Kentridge</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_Thomas_Frederick_Davies" title="William Thomas Frederick Davies">Dr William Davies</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of Parliament for <a href="/wiki/Yeoville" title="Yeoville">Yeoville</a> </b><br />1921–1936 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Gluckman" title="Henry Gluckman">Henry Gluckman</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Watt_(South_Africa_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Watt (South Africa politician)">Thomas Watt</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Home_Affairs_(South_Africa)" title="Minister of Home Affairs (South Africa)">Minister for the Interior</a> </b><br />1921–1924 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="3">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Fran%C3%A7ois_Malan" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel François Malan">Daniel François Malan</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Stephanus_Malan" class="mw-redirect" title="François Stephanus Malan">François Stephanus Malan</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Education_(South_Africa)" title="Minister of Education (South Africa)">Minister of Education</a> </b><br />1921–1924 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Watt_(South_Africa_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Watt (South Africa politician)">Thomas Watt</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Health_(South_Africa)" title="Minister of Health (South Africa)">Minister for Public Health</a> </b><br />1921–1924 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Adriaan_Paulus_Johannes_Fourie" title="Adriaan Paulus Johannes Fourie">Adriaan Paulus Johannes Fourie</a></div><i><b>as Minister of Mines and Industry </b></i> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Mineral_Resources_(South_Africa)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Mineral Resources (South Africa)">Minister of Mines</a> </b><br />1933–1936 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jan_Hendrik_Hofmeyr_(Onze_Jan)" title="Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (Onze Jan)">Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #bebebe;">Government offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/George_Herbert_Hyde_Villiers,_6th_Earl_of_Clarendon" class="mw-redirect" title="George Herbert Hyde Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon">The Earl of Clarendon</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_South_Africa" title="Governor-General of South Africa">Governor-General of South Africa</a> </b><br />1937–1943 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Nicolaas_Jacobus_de_Wet" title="Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet">Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol 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