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1020:Lieutenant-Governor of Demerara-Essequibo
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718:Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
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933:High Commissioner for Southern Africa
809:Administrator of the Pitcairn Islands
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43:Governor of the Straits Settlements
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