Quentin Bryce Order of St John of Jerusalem in 2003. In 2011, Elizabeth II invested Bryce as a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order at Government House. Bryce was appointed Governor of Queensland in 2003. Although concerns were raised by some over her time in the office, her five-year term was going to be extended until 2009. However, on 13 April 2008, it was announced by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd that Bryce was to become the next Governor-General of Australia. The decision was generally well-received and on 5 September 2008 Bryce was sworn in, succeeding Major General Michael Jeffery and becoming the
John Pablo Bryce Paris, 1895); paternal grandson of Francis Bryce and first wife Janet Weddle, and maternal grandson of José Pascual de Vivero y Salaverría, Governor of Guayaquil, and wife Lucía Morales. He held the office of Sheriff of Devon in 1896. He married in Paris in 1870/71 María de las Mercedes González de Candamo y Iriarte (24 May 1849 in Lima – 2 August 1929 in San Sebastián), sister of Manuel González de Candamo e Iriarte (1841–1904), President of Peru (1903–1904). They had, at least, five sons and two daughters: John Pablo Bryce John Pablo Bryce of Bystock Court, Exmouth, Devon (10