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2 unusual facts about Lord Lansdowne


Chakradharpur

With the opening of Goilkera-Jharsuguda section the main line route of Bengal Nagpur Railway (BNR) was completed and the official function for the opening ceremony of main line from Asansol to Nagpur, presided by the Viceroy of India, Lord Lansdowne was held at Chakradharpur station on 3 March 1891.

SS Haimun

Lord Lansdowne quickly dismissed the Russian announcement as "unjustifiable and altogether absurd".


Black Dog Halt railway station

Black Dog Halt was opened on 3 November 1863 by the Great Western Railway for Lord Lansdowne of Bowood House.

East Africa Protectorate

In the carrying out of this policy of colonisation a dispute arose between Sir Charles Eliot, then Commissioner of British East Africa and Lord Lansdowne, the British Foreign Secretary.

Himmatlal Dhirajram Bhachech

Himmatlal was honored in 1893 with the title of Rao Bahadur by Viceroy of India, Lord Lansdowne.

The Wealth of Nations

It was not mentioned in the House of Lords until 1793, by Lord Lansdowne and Lord Loughbourough.


see also

Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne

In 2001, Lord Lansdowne was appointed a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order, shortly after retiring as a member of the Prince's Council of the Duchy of Cornwall.