Word: viceroy
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...past three generations of Wavells have produced three generals for the British Army: Lord Wavell's grandfather, Major General Arthur Goodall Wavell, soldier of fortune who fought in Central America; and the Viceroy's father, Major General Archibald Graham Wavell, who fought in several of Britain's colonial campaigns...
...Wavell doffed his uniform, was made a peer and Viceroy of India. The soldier became the proconsul. But he was unlike any other proconsul who had ever been seen in India. Hitherto it had been deemed a necessity to surround the Viceregal office with a pomp and pageantry that would dazzle even India's dazzling princes. Wavell's predecessor, Lord Linlithgow, a thrifty Scot, used to travel around India in a luxurious, cream-colored train because "Indians are impressed by these things." The new Viceroy arrived in India in a rumpled lounge suit. Instead of taking the royal...
...Viceroy and Lady Wavell shook hands with the delegates, chatted about the delightful weather. This was not just chitchat. Astrologers had claimed that the conference's opening day (June 25) was inauspicious, since there would be a partial eclipse of the moon. Hindus believe that anything begun on the day of an eclipse is doomed to failure...
Faith, Wisdom, Courage. Then in the green-walled conference room Lord Wavell addressed the delegates. "It will not be easy," he said. "On the column which stands in front of the Viceroy's house are engraved these words: 'In thought faith, in words wisdom, in deed courage, in life service, so may India be great.' They will make a good guide for our confer ence." Then the Viceroy swore the conference's 21 delegates to secrecy about their discussions...
...Congress party failed to agree when they met again next week, he might choose a government from the names submitted by both parties. If both parties disagreed with his choices, they might refuse to participate in the new government. If the League preferred to stay out, the Viceroy might form a new government anyhow, naming as Moslem ministers such nonLeague Moslems as the Punjab's Premier Malik Khizar Hayat Khan Tiwana...