viceroy

Britain’s viceroy of India, Archibald Wavell, wrote in his diary after Japan’s surrender: “So now for the horrors of peace.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

In his 2012 autobiography "An American Son," the man oft-memed as the "viceroy" of Cuba, recounts boasting to his exiled Cuban grandfather that he would one day overthrow Fidel Castro and free Cuba.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

“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

Gandhi during a fast in 1939 that ended when the viceroy of India agreed to the release of political prisoners.

From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2023

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

For decades, the Delhi Gymkhana Club was among the world’s most elite clubs, counting British viceroys and Indian royalty among its members.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Palma is lighthearted, ironic, amusing and anticlerical by nature, and in his writing he makes fun of the sumptuous interiorities of viceroys and courtesans.

From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

The kings of Assyria were considered viceroys of the gods, especially the chief deity Asshur.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

After India won independence in August 1947, there was no clamour to remove the statues of monarchs and viceroys from the boulevards and roundabouts of the capital.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2020

She had been born and raised in a city six hundred miles away, a gloomy city where on ghostly nights the coaches of the viceroys still rattled through the cobbled streets.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez