Robert William Douglas Willoughby
British colonial administrator
About Robert William Douglas Willoughby
Lived 1877 – 1920 (aged 43).
Sir Robert William Douglas Willoughby was Deputy Commissioner of Kheri. He was the son of Colonel R. F. Willoughby.
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. 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. On 26 April 1936, Willoughby Memorial Library was established. The Willoughby Memorial Hall was recently renamed the Naseeruddin Memorial Hall.
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Who was Robert William Douglas Willoughby?
British colonial administrator
When was Robert William Douglas Willoughby born?
Robert William Douglas Willoughby was born on 21 January 1877 in Oxford.
When did Robert William Douglas Willoughby die?
Robert William Douglas Willoughby died on 26 August 1920 in Lakhimpur Kheri district.
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