History of Sri Lanka/Herwald Ramsbotham
Sir Herwald Ramsbotham Order of St Michael and St George, Royal Victorian Order, Order of the British Empire, Military Cross, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council (6 March 1887 – 30 January 1971), otherwise known as "The Viscount Solabry", was a British politician. He was a government minister between 1931 and 1941 and served as the Governor-General of Ceylon between 1949 and 1954.
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