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Dalhousie, detail of an oil painting by Sir John Watson-Gordon, 1847; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

James Andrew Broun Ramsay, marquess and 10th earl of Dalhousie

governor-general of India

Reagan, John Henninger

John Henninger Reagan

United States political leader

Mary Katherine Goddard

American printer, publisher, and postmaster

Sir Rowland Hill

Sir Rowland Hill

English administrator and educator

Hart, Sir Robert 1st Baronet

Sir Robert Hart, 1st Baronet

British statesman