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Willingdon Crescent
Willingdon may refer to: People * Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (1866–1941), Governor General of Canada and Viceroy of India Places ;Canada * Burnaby-Willingdon, a former electoral district for British Columbia, Canada from 1966 to 2009 * Willingdon, Alberta, Canada * Willingdon (electoral district), a former electoral district in Alberta, Canada from 1940 to 1959 * Willingdon Heights, a neighbourhood in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada ;England * Willingdon, East Sussex, a village in the parish of Willingdon and Jevington, East Sussex, England * Willingdon Down, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England ;India * Willingdon Airfield, former name of Safdarjung Airport in New Delhi, India * Willingdon Island, a man-made island located in Kochi, Kerala, India * Willingdon Hospital, later known as Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Delhi * Willingdon Bridge, later known as Vivekananda Setu, Kolkata Other uses * Marquess of Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess Of Willingdon
Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (12 September 1866 – 12 August 1941), was a British Liberal politician and administrator who served as Governor General of Canada, the 13th since Canadian Confederation, and as Viceroy and Governor-General of India, the country's 22nd. Freeman-Thomas was born in England and educated at Eton College and then the University of Cambridge before serving for 15 years in the Sussex Artillery. He then entered the diplomatic and political fields, acting as aide-de-camp to his father-in-law when the latter was Governor of Victoria and, in 1900, was elected to the British House of Commons. He thereafter occupied a variety of government posts, including secretary to the British prime minister and, after being raised to the peerage as Lord Willingdon, as Lord-in-waiting to King George V. From 1913, Willingdon held gubernatorial and viceregal offices throughout the British Empire, starting with the governorship of Bombay and then the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
