Richard Rankine
British colonial administrator
About Richard Rankine
Lived 1875 – 1961 (aged 85–86).
Sir Richard Sims Donkin Rankine, KCMG (1875 – 24 June 1961) was a British colonial administrator. He was the British Resident in Zanzibar from 1930 to 1937.
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Who was Richard Rankine?
British colonial administrator
When was Richard Rankine born?
Richard Rankine was born in 1875.
When did Richard Rankine die?
Richard Rankine died in 1961.
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