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Patrick Duncan



         


Sir Patrick Duncan was Governor General of the Union of South Africa between 1937 and 1943. During a political crisis over South Africa's participation in World War II, he refused a dissolution of parliament requested by Prime Minister Jan Smuts.


Preceded by:
Earl of Clarendon
Governors-General of the Union of South Africa Succeeded by:
Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet

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