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Also Known As Sir Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe
Born November 15, 1892 • London • England
Died November 23, 1981 (aged 89) • England • (Anniversary in 2 days)
Title / Office governor (1946-1947), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Mirabehn
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Napier, Robert Napier, 1st Baron
Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier
British field marshal
Sir Samuel Hoare, 2nd Baronet.
Sir Samuel Hoare, 2nd Baronet
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Earl of Ellenborough, detail of an oil painting by F.R. Say, c. 1845; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Edward Law, earl of Ellenborough
British governor of India
Earl Amherst, detail of an oil painting after A. Devis; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
William Pitt Amherst, lst Earl Amherst
British diplomat
James Thomason
British colonial governor
Dalhousie, detail of an oil painting by Sir John Watson-Gordon, 1847; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
James Andrew Broun Ramsay, marquess and 10th earl of Dalhousie
governor-general of India
Shashi Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor
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Sir Philip Francis, detail of an oil painting by J. Lonsdale; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Philip Francis
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Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese navigator
Dupleix, engraving by Marie Champion de Cernel after a portrait by Sergent
Joseph-François Dupleix
French colonial official
Guilluame-Thomas, abbé de Raynal, detail of an engraving by Nicolas Delaunay, 1780, after a drawing by Charles-Nicolas Cochin.
Guillaume-Thomas Raynal, abbé de Raynal
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Francisco de Almeida
viceroy of India
Duarte Pacheco Pereira
Portuguese explorer
Thomas Babington Macaulay, detail of an oil painting by J. Partridge, 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
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Clement Attlee
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Lord William Bentinck
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Edward VII
Edward VII
king of Great Britain and Ireland
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