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Robert William Douglas Willoughby

Sir Robert William Douglas Willoughby was Deputy Commissioner of Kheri. He was the son of Colonel R. F. Willoughby.

Robert William Douglas Willoughby
Deputy Commissioner
MonarchGeorge V
Personal details
Born(1877-01-21)21 January 1877
Oxford, United Kingdom
Died26 August 1920(1920-08-26) (aged 43)
Lakhimpur Kheri, British India
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford

The East India Company built Willoughby Memorial Hall in 1924 in memory of Sir Robert William Douglas Willoughby, Deputy Commissioner of Kheri who was killed on 26 August 1920.[1] The colonial authorities apprehended independence activists Naseeruddin Mauzi Nagar and Rajnarayan Mishra on charges of shooting the Deputy Commissioner, and sentenced them to death by hanging.[2] On 26 April 1936, Willoughby Memorial Library was established. The Willoughby Memorial Hall was recently renamed the Naseeruddin Memorial Hall.

References edit

  1. ^ "Haileybury Roll of Honour: India 1920s". Haileybury School website. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  2. ^ . Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.

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