Sir Robert William Douglas Willoughby was Deputy Commissioner of Kheri. He was the son of Colonel R. F. Willoughby.
Robert William Douglas Willoughby | |
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Deputy Commissioner | |
Monarch | George V |
Personal details | |
Born | Oxford, United Kingdom | 21 January 1877
Died | 26 August 1920 Lakhimpur Kheri, British India | (aged 43)
Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
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.[1] 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.[2] On 26 April 1936, Willoughby Memorial Library was established. The Willoughby Memorial Hall was recently renamed the Naseeruddin Memorial Hall.[citation needed]
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