viceroy

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“And the viceroy Mike Davis tells me — since it doesn’t actually say consecutive — that, I don’t know, maybe we do it again in ‘28?

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2024

The last viceroy, Lord Mountbatten, set the date as 15 August 1947.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2022

In the foreground from left to right were Jawaharlal Nehru, then the vice president of the interim government of India; Lord Louis Mountbatten, the viceroy; and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the leader of the Muslim League.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2022

Now a city icon, it was a diplomatic gift from Muhammad Ali, the viceroy and pasha who is considered the founder of modern Egypt.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2022

That still left open the question of who would manage Livermore day to day, in effect as Lawrences viceroy.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik