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{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Robert Wordsworth
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Robert Wordsworth.jpg
| title = [[Australian Senate|Senator]] for [[Tasmania]]
| term_start = 22 February 1950
| term_end = 30 June 1959
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1894|7|21}}
| birth_place = [[Collarenebri, New South Wales|Collarenebri]], [[New South Wales]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1984|11|22|1894|7|21}}
| nationality =
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| party = [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
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| allegiance ={{UK}}
| branch =[[British Indian Army]]
| serviceyears = 1914–1947
| rank =[[Major General (United Kingdom)|Major General]]
| unit =
| commands =
| battles =[[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]]
| awards =[[Companion of the Order of the Bath]]<br>[[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]]
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[[Major-General (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] '''Robert Harley Wordsworth''' [[Order of the Bath|CB]], [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (21 July 1894 – 22 November 1984) was a [[British Indian Army]] officer and an [[Australia]]n politician.

==Military career==
Born in [[Collarenebri, New South Wales|Collarenebri]], [[New South Wales]], Wordsworth was educated at [[North Sydney, New South Wales|North Sydney]] Grammar School. He was commissioned into the Australian Imperial Force on 27 August 1914<ref name="October 1939 Indian Army List">October 1939 Indian Army List</ref> as an officer of 1st Light Horse Regiment.

During [[World War I]] Wordsworth served at Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine between May 1915 and November 1917<ref name="Indian Army List Supplement 1941">Indian Army List Supplement 1941</ref> and was mentioned in dispatches.<ref>London Gazette 12 January 1918</ref> After transferring to the Indian Army on 3 November 1917, he was appointed to the 16th Cavalry on 7 November 1917.<ref>January 1919 Indian Army List</ref> He went on to serve in [[Waziristan]] between 1919 and 1921 with his regiment<ref name="Indian Army List Supplement 1941"/> which was amalgamated with the [[13th Duke of Connaught's Lancers]] in June 1921 to form the 13/16th Cavalry which itself was renamed the [[6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers]] in July 1922.<ref name="Indian Army List Supplement 1941"/>

Wordsworth was Adjutant and then a Squadron Commander with the regiment during the North West Frontier operations between 1930 and 1931.<ref>July 1930 & April 1932 Indian Army List</ref> He was appointed commanding officer of the [[6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers]] on 11 June 1939.<ref name="October 1939 Indian Army List"/>

Wordsworth also served in [[World War II]]. In July 1940 he was appointed commander of the 1st Indian Armoured Brigade, which was renamed 251st Indian Armoured Brigade in October 1941, as part of 1st Indian Armoured Division, later renamed [[31st Indian Armoured Division]]. Promoted Acting Major-General on 28 March 1942,<ref>London Gazette 10 July 1942</ref> he was appointed commander of the 31st Indian Armoured Division in May 1942. As part of the [[Tenth Army (United Kingdom)|British 10th Army]], his division was stationed in [[Persia]] in 1942. At that time, the British 10th Army was part Paiforce (formerly [[Iraqforce]]) under the Persia and Iraq Command. In December 1944 he was appointed Director of Armoured Fighting Vehicles, India. He was made a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] in 1943, promoted to [[major-general]] on 6 June 1944<ref>London Gazette 8 August 1944</ref> and appointed a [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] in 1945.<ref>London Gazette 1 January 1945</ref>

==Retirement==
He retired to Australia in 1947 and became a farmer at [[Westbury, Tasmania|Westbury]] in [[Tasmania]]. In 1949, he was elected to the [[Australian Senate]] as a [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] Senator for Tasmania. He was defeated in 1958. In 1962, he was appointed [[Administrator of Norfolk Island]], serving until 1964. Wordsworth died in 1984.<ref name=Psephos>{{cite web|last=Carr|first=Adam|title=Australian Election Archive|work=Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia|year=2008|accessdate=2008-11-24}}</ref> His son, [[David Wordsworth]], was a member of the [[Western Australian Legislative Council]].<ref>[http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/library/MPHistoricalData.nsf/(Lookup)/54C9BB7CB6DE47E6482577E50028A85C?OpenDocument David John Wordsworth] – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2016.</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==Bibliography==
*{{cite book| first=Nick| last=Smart| title=Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War| isbn=1844150496| year=2005| location=Barnesley| publisher=Pen & Sword}}

==External links==
*[https://generals.dk/general/Wordsworth/Robert_Harley/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]

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