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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Amin Khan, Andrews Henderson Leith Frazer, Awar Khan Aibak, Cecil Beadon, Charles Eyre, Fidai Khan, Frederick Burrows, Frederick James Halliday, George Campbell (1824-1892), Harry Verelst (colonial governor), Henry Vansittart, Ibrahim Khan Fath-i-Jang, Ijjauddin Balban Iuzbaki, Islam Khan II, Izzuddin Yahya, Jahangir Quli Beg, Jalaluddin Masud Jani, John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley, John Cartier, John Herbert (Conservative politician), Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland, List of Governors of Bengal, Mahabat Khan, Malik Ikhtiyaruddin Iuzbak, Michael Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne, Munim Khan, Muqarram Khan, Nasiruddin Bughra Khan, Qasim Khan Chishti, Qasim Khan Juvayni, Qazi Fazilat, Qutubuddin Koka, Richard Casey, Baron Casey, Saifuddin Aibak, Stanley Jackson, Tatar Khan, Thomas Broddyll, Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael, Tughlaq Tamar Khan, Tughral Tughan Khan, Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton, William Barwell, William Duke, William Hedges (colonial administrator). Excerpt: Richard Gavin Gardiner Casey, Baron Casey (29 August 1890 - 17 June 1976) was an Australian politician and diplomat, who served as the colonial governor of Bengal between 1944 and 1946 and as the 16th Governor-General of Australia between 7 May 1965 and 30 April 1969. Casey was born in Brisbane, Queensland, as Richard Gavin Gardiner Casey, but he dropped the "Gavin" in later life. His father, also named Richard Gardiner Casey, was a wealthy pastoralist and Queensland state politician of Irish descent. His mother, Evelyn, was the daughter of George Harris, another wealthy pastoralist and Queensland state politician. His father moved the family to Melbourne in 1893 and became a rich company director. Casey was educated at Cumloden School, St Kilda, and at Melbourne Grammar School. He enrolled for engineering at...