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A viceroy (/ ˈ v aɪ s r ɔɪ /) is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory. The term derives from the Latin prefix vice- , meaning "in the place of" and the Anglo-Norman roy ( Old French roi , roy ), meaning "king".
A steward is an official who is appointed by the legal ruling monarch to represent them in a country and who may have a mandate to govern it in their name; in the latter case, it is synonymous with the position of regent, vicegerent, viceroy, king's lieutenant (for Romance languages), governor, or deputy (the Roman rector, praefectus, or vicarius).
a synonym of viceroy; a common misuse of vicegerent (from Latin gerere, "to carry", "to manage", "to govern") This page was last edited on 28 ...
In the scope of the Portuguese Empire, the term "Viceroyalty of Brazil" is also occasionally used to designate the colonial State of Brazil, in the historic period while its governors had the title of "Viceroy". Some of the governors of Portuguese India were also called "Viceroy". Viceroyalty of Brazil; Governors of Portuguese India
The viceroy title was usually reserved for members of the Portuguese royal family, the remaining governors receiving the title of governador-general; in Africa, from 1837 Portugal appointed a governor-general to govern the overseas province of Angola , and another to govern the province of Moçambique .
Governor-General or Viceroy (lifespan) Term of office Notable events Secretary of State for India Prime Minister Governors-General and Viceroys of India, 1858–1947 Appointed by Queen Victoria (1837–1901) Charles Canning, Viscount Canning [nb 9] (1812–1862) 1 November 1858 21 March 1862
A major famine coincided with Curzon's time as viceroy in which 1 to 4.5 million people died. [39] Curzon implemented a variety of measures, including opening up famine relief works that fed between 3 and 5 million, reducing taxes and spending vast amounts of money on irrigation works. [ 40 ]
HMS Viceroy (D91), a British destroyer in commission in the Royal Navy from 1918 until the mid-1930s and from 1941 to 1945 RMS Viceroy of India , a British ocean liner and later troop transport in service from 1929 until it sank in 1942