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Editorial Reviews - Viceroys of the British Monarch From the Publisher Chapters: British Colonial Governors and Administrators, Robert Jenkins, Leander Starr Jameson, List of Colonial Heads of Mauritius, Charles Warren, Governors of Singapore, List of Current Local Leaders, List of Governors of Barbados, Oliver Baldwin, 2nd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, Theophilus Shepstone, Benjamin D'urban, List of British Governors of the Straits Settlements, Frank Rhodes, Gilbert Clayton, Edward Barnes, List of Colonial Heads of Saint Christopher, Eric Charles Twelves Wilson, Charles Marsh Schomberg, Patrick William Forbes, Edgar Bonham-Carter, Robert Wynyard, John Bates Thurston, William Sydney Marchant, Archie Forbes, List of Colonial Heads of the Gambia, Sidney Godolphin Alexander Shippard, List of Colonial Heads of Saint Vincent, Humphrey Trevelyan, Baron Trevelyan, James Angus Gillan, Edward Anson, Colonial Office, Willoughby Shortland, Francis Cockburn, James Blair, George Dean Pitt, Christopher Codrington, Edward Hay Drummond Hay, Richard Southey, Armigel Wade, Governor of the Pitcairn Islands, Edward Draper, High Commissioners of Palestine, Barry Woodroffe, Michael Whitley, Governor-General of the West Indies Federation, Governor-General of Tanganyika, George Caunter, Commissioner of Crown Lands. Excerpt: Sir Leander Starr Jameson, 1st Baronet, KCMG, CB, (February 9, 1853 November 26, 1917), also known as "Doctor Jim", "The Doctor" or "Lanner", was a British colonial statesman who was best known for his involvement in the Jameson Raid. He was born on 9 February 1853, of the Jameson family of Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of Robert William Jameson (18051868), a Writer to the Signet, and Christian Pringle, daughter of Major General Pringle of Symington. Robert William and Christian Jameson had twelve children, of whom Leander Starr w... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=466191 Synopsis Chapters: British Colonial Governors and Administrators, Robert Jenkins,
