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Steam Engine / GovernorGovernor, or Fly-Ball Governor, invented by James Watt to regulate the supply of steam in order to preserve a nearly fixed engine speed
Gen C Gordon / Col LithGENERAL CHARLES GORDON British military Governor General of the Sudan
British India - East Bengal - Barisal - Indian Army unit and the British Governor and his wife. Barisal fell under the Bengal Nawabs, then colonial British India
Sir Donald Cameron, Governor of TanganyikaSir Donald Charles Cameron (1872-1948), Governor of Tanganyika (now Tanzania), seen here at Kigoma on 8 September 1928. He served as Governor from 1925 to 1931
Lord Dufferin, 8th Viceroy of IndiaFrederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826-1902), 8th Viceroy of India, 1884-1888. He previously served as Governor General of Canada
ALVARADO, Pedro de (1485-1541). Spanish conquistador and governor of Guatemala. 17th c. portrait. Colonial baroque. Painting. GUATEMALA. Antigua Guatemala. Museum of Colonial Art
Kolkata - The Belvedere - Residence of Governor of Bengal. Date: 1883
Ras Makonnen Walda-Mika el Guddisa, also Makonnen Wolde Mikael, Honorary KCMG (1852 1906) - a general and the governor of Harar province in Ethiopia, and the father of Tafari Makonnen
British Empire Marketing Board poster - Takoradi HarbourNative Chiefs in Palaver, Takoradi Harbour in Ghana, West Africa. Native chiefs meeting a British official or governor of the area during a period when large parts of Africa still formed part of
Polo Team, Delhi 1916A serious-looking British polo team, after winning a trophy, pose with His Excellency the Governor, who presumably has just presented the awards
HENRY MORGAN 1635-1688Sir Henry Morgan, a Welsh buccaneer in the English service, carrying out many raids on the Spanish, favoured by Charles II and appointed Governor of Jamaica
Violet Bonham-Carter, c. 1915Photographic portrait of Violet Bonham-Carter (1887-1969), nee Asquith, the Liberal politician and Governor of the BBC, pictured c.1915
George Calvert BaltimoreGEORGE CALVERT, lord BALTIMORE statesman and governor of Newfoundland - with his autograph
Fergusson / SilvySIR JAMES FERGUSSON, 6th Baronet of Kilkerran Soldier and Governor of Bombay
Martin de Mayorga (1721-1783). Spanish military officer, governor of the Captaincy General of Guatemala (1773-1779) and interim viceroy of New Spain (1779-1783). Colored engraving
Mauritius - Pieter Both MountainPieter Both - the second highest mountain of Mauritius - named after Pieter Both, the first Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. Date: circa 1910s
Neo-Sumerian. Statue of Gudea. Girsu, Iraq. 2120 BC. CuneifoMesopotamia. Neo-Sumerian. Ruler Gudea of state of Lagash. Diorita statue. From Girsu (modern Telloh). Iraq. 2120 BC. Cuneiform inscription. Detail. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France
Cicero V VerresCicero leads the opposition against Verres, governor of Sicily, who will throw up his defence and take flight
Jesus before PilateJesus is brought before Pilate, the Roman governor
Pedro de Alvarado y Contreras (ca. 1485 or ca. 1495-1541). Spanish conquistador and governor of Guatemala. Utatlan battle, 1524. 18th century engraving. Colored
Eleanor of ProvenceELEANOR OF PROVENCE Queen of Henry III & mother of Edward I of England. She was joint governor in 1253 & organised military action
Talking on St HelenaGovernor Hudson Lowe allows the exiled Napoleon to talk with a British admiral - but insist on being present
Founding of the Bank of England - proposed by William Paterson, the Bank of England was formed with Sir John Houblon as its first Governor, initially located in Mercers Hall. Date: 1694
French Attack on Chickasaw NationUnder the governor of Louisiana, Bienville, leader of the Sourthern contingent in a French campaign against the Chickasaw nation
Yeoman Warders of the Tower on their way to Easter service at St. Peter ad Vincula Chapel in the Tower of London after their annual inspection by the governor of the Tower. Date: 1936
Cornwallis (Anon)CHARLES, second earl and first marquess CORNWALLIS British military commander, governor-general of India. Date: 1738-1805
Iraq-Kuwait tensions 1961Page from The Illustrated London News with an article written by Cyril Falls on the tensions in Kuwait arising over Iraqi claims to sovereignty over the oil-rich state
The Maharajas Palace at Srinagar, Kashmir, IndiaThe Maharajas Palace (Sher Garhi Palace) at Srinagar, Kashmir, India on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus
Sir John OglanderSIR JOHN OGLANDER deputy-governor of the Isle of Wight, whose royalist sympathies and loyalty to Charles I got him into trouble with the Commonwealth. Date: 1585 - 1655
Bank of England FoundedProposed by William Paterson, the Bank of England is formed with Sir John Houblon its first Governor, initially located in Mercers Hall, then in Grocers Hall till 1734
Sir Henry MaxseSir Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley Maxse, who died in 1883 while in office as Governor of Newfoundland, having previously been Governor of Heligoland
General James IrvinPortrait of General James Irvin. Whig candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania
Peshawar - Proclamation ParadeMarch past at the Proclamation Parade, Peshawar (then Northern India, now in Pakistan) Date: 1933
Margery Fry and studentsMargery Fry (1874 - 1958), Principal of Somerville College, Oxford from 1926 to 1930, governor of the BBC from 1937 to 1939, and brother of the artist Roger Fry, at a reception given at County Hall
Sir James Brooke / CensusSIR JAMES BROOKE Governor of Labuan, later Rajah of Sarawak, at a time when the overseas population of the British Empire numbered 139 million
Zhangir Khan, governor of Kazakh KhanateZhangir Khan (Salqam Jangir Khan, 1610-1680), Kazakh Khan, governor of the Kazakh Khanate from 1629 to 1680. 17th century
Death of Michael Godfrey, first Deputy Governor of the recently founded Bank of England, on 17 July 1695, during the Siege of Namur (2 July to 4 September 1695, part of the Nine Years War)
Albrecht Gessler, Habsburg bailiff at Altdorf, 14th centuryAlbrecht Gessler, Habsburg bailiff at Altdorf and arch enemy of William Tell, 14th century. Il Governatore Gesslero. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes
Hursid Ahmed Pasha (died 1822), Ottoman governorHursid Ahmed Pasha (died 1822), Ottoman general and governor of the Morea Eyalet (the Peloponnese). Illustration from Francois Pouquevilles Travels through More
Story of the Bengal Partition and its reversalPage from The Graphic showing two maps of North East India. The top map shows Bengal partitioned in 1905, when a large part of its former area in the east was united with Assam to form the new
Miguel Lopez de Legazpi (1503-1572). Engraving. ColoredMiguel Lopez de Legazpi (1503-1572). Spanish admiral and governor. Engraving by Weber. The Artistic Illustration, 1886. Colored
Hernan Cortes (1488-1547). Spanish conquistador of the Aztec empire. He decided to sink his ships, which were anchored in the city of Villa Rica de Veracruz
Parchment commission, 2nd Lieutenant Henry VaughanParchment commission document for 2nd Lieutenant Henry Vaughan, Madras Corps of Engineers, East India Company Date: 1852
Visit of Governor of Canton to Brigadier-General CrawfordPierre Joseph Rossier. Views in China issued by Negretti and Zambra in 1859 and 1861. First Series and second series. These important images were the first commercial views of China to be sold in
Sir Robert Shore Milnes, Lieutenant Governor of Lower CanadaSir Robert Shore Milnes (1754-1837), 1st Baronet, Lieutenant Governor of Lower Canada 1799-1805, portrait by George Romney Date: circa 1800
Grand Vizier, Kaim-Mekam, Reis Efendi and KhadjedhianTurkey. Administration of the Ottoman Empire. From left to right: Grand Vizier, Kaim-Mekam, Reis Efendi and Khadjedhian, member of the Divan. Historia de Turquia, 1840
Major General Sir R. Talbot, K. C. BA portrait charcoal drawing of Major General Sir Reginald Arthur James Talbot, K.C.B, a British Army officer, member of parliament and the Governor of Victoria in Australia between 1904 and 1908
The Emperor of India with Lord Hardinge descending from the platform on arrival at Delhi to inspect the guard of honour, December 7, 1911