viceroy

Britain’s viceroy of India, Archibald Wavell, wrote in his diary after Japan’s surrender: “So now for the horrors of peace.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

In his 2012 autobiography "An American Son," the man oft-memed as the "viceroy" of Cuba, recounts boasting to his exiled Cuban grandfather that he would one day overthrow Fidel Castro and free Cuba.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

Soon he got permission to light up one of the city's most famous addresses - Raj Bhavan, the governor's mansion, once the residence of the British viceroy.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025

“And the viceroy Mike Davis tells me — since it doesn’t actually say consecutive — that, I don’t know, maybe we do it again in ‘28?

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2024

Accurately he was only regent of the Winds, viceroy of the gods.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

For decades, the Delhi Gymkhana Club was among the world’s most elite clubs, counting British viceroys and Indian royalty among its members.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

"Governor Generals, viceroys and people in high society would dine there," Mr Neogi explains.

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2023

The kings of Assyria were considered viceroys of the gods, especially the chief deity Asshur.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

It was the homestretch for colonial rule: India would be independent, and the viceroys no more, within the year.

From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2023

She had been born and raised in a city six hundred miles away, a gloomy city where on ghostly nights the coaches of the viceroys still rattled through the cobbled streets.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez