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1160:Lieutenant Governor of Grenada
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1661:Governor-General of Australia
1574:Governor of the Isle of Wight
1499:Governor of the Malayan Union
1312:Governor of Massachusetts-Bay
1267:Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
1073:Governor of Southern Rhodesia
1063:Governor of Northern Rhodesia
1028:Governor of British Cameroons
1023:Governor of British Mauritius
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1307:Governor of Maryland
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1297:Governor of Florida
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556:William Henry Clark
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