The Earl of Willingdon

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The Earl of Willingdon was a British colonial administrator who served as Viceroy and Governor-General of India during the early 1930s.

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Label Occurrences
The Earl of Willingdon canonical 2
1st Earl of Willingdon 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonial administrator ⓘ
governor-general of India ⓘ
person ⓘ
viceroy of India ⓘ
birthDate 1866-09-12 ⓘ
birthPlace England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
child Gerald Freeman-Thomas ⓘ
Inigo Brassey Freeman-Thomas ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
deathDate 1941-08-12 ⓘ
deathPlace England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
educatedAt Eton College ⓘ
Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
familyName Freeman-Thomas ⓘ
givenName Freeman ⓘ
honour Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India ⓘ
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order ⓘ
memberOf Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
monarchServed George V ⓘ
George VI ⓘ
name Freeman Freeman-Thomas ⓘ
nobleTitle 1st Earl of Willingdon ⓘ
1st Marquess of Willingdon ⓘ
notableEvent oversaw implementation of the Government of India Act 1935 ⓘ
suppressed aspects of the Indian civil disobedience movement ⓘ
occupation colonial administrator ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeEnd 1931 as Governor General of Canada ⓘ
1936 as Viceroy and Governor-General of India ⓘ
officeStart 1926 as Governor General of Canada ⓘ
1931 as Viceroy and Governor-General of India ⓘ
positionHeld Governor General of Canada ⓘ
Governor of Bombay ⓘ
Governor of Madras ⓘ
Lord Chamberlain to Queen Mary ⓘ
linked to: Lord Chamberlain

Lord-in-waiting ⓘ
Viceroy and Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence Rashtrapati Bhavan (then Viceroy's House), New Delhi ⓘ
linked to: Rashtrapati Bhavan

Rideau Hall, Ottawa ⓘ
linked to: Rideau Hall
spouse Marie Adelaide Brassey ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord Linlithgow → predecessor → The Earl of Willingdon ⓘ
The Earl of Willingdon → nobleTitle → 1st Earl of Willingdon ⓘ
linked to: The Earl of Willingdon
Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow → predecessor → The Earl of Willingdon ⓘ