Patrick Duncan (South African politician)

The Right Honourable Sir Patrick Duncan GCMG, KStJ, PC KC
6th Governor-General of South Africa
In office 5 April 1937 – 17 July 1943
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	J. B. M. Hertzog Jan Smuts
Preceded by	The Earl of Clarendon
Succeeded by	Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet (acting) Gideon Brand van Zyl
Minister for the Interior, Education and Public Health
In office February 1921 – 30 June 1924
Prime Minister	Jan Smuts
Preceded by	Thomas Watt F. S. Malan (Education)
Succeeded by	Daniel François Malan
Personal details
Born	21 December 1870 Fortrie, Banffshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Died	17 July 1943 (1943-07-18) (aged 72) Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
Nationality	Anglo-South African (also British subject)
Spouse(s)	Alice Dold, Lady Duncan
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh Balliol College, Oxford

Sir Patrick Duncan, GCMG, KStJ, PC, KC (21 December 1870 – 17 July 1943) was the sixth Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, holding office from 1937 until his death in 1943.