Albert Cunard, 1st Viscount Feldon

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The Rt. Hon. Albert Cunard, 1st Viscount Feldon, GCMG, KCVO, MC, PC
Rank: Governor-General of Ibagli
Term of Office: 1955–1958
Predecessor: Thomas Milton (Governor)
Successor: Aaron Lastman
Birth: 21 June 1892
Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Death: 24 December 1960
Spouse: Marjory Wilkins (d. 1940)
Patricia Oldcastle
Profession: Diplomat

The Right Honourable Albert Cunard, 1st Viscount Feldon, GCMG, KCVO, MC, PC (21 June 1892–24 December 1960) was the Governor of Ibagli from 1951 to 1955, and Governor-General of Ibagli from 1955 to 1958.

Born on 21 June 1892 in Edinburgh, he attended George Heriot's School and the University of St Andrews.

Cunard married Marjory Wilkins in 1924. They had two children: James Francis (1925-1944), who was killed in action during the invasion of Normandy, and Patricia Margaret (born 1927).

In 1925, he became a civil servant in the Colonial Office. He was appointed Governor of Ibagli in 1951. He was elevated to the peerage later that year, as Viscount Feldon. In 1952, he married Patricia Oldcastle. He had one child by her, Olivia Audrey (born 1954). Upon Ibagli's independence in 1955, he became Governor-General. He left office in 1958, and he retired to Scotland. He died in 1960 and was buried in Edinburgh.

Governors-General of Ibagli
Feldon · Lastman · Parks · Arnham · LeVeque · Barriter · Farquhar · Spell
Preceded by:
Thomas Milton
Governor of Ibagli
1951–1955
Succeeded by:
None
Preceded by:
None
Governor-General of Ibagli
1955–1958
Succeeded by:
Aaron Lastman
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Viscount Feldon
1951–1960
Extinct