Robert William Douglas Willoughby
Sir Robert William Douglas Willoughby was Deputy Commissioner of Kheri. He was son of Colonel R. F. Willoughby.
Robert William Douglas Willoughby | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Commissioner | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 January 1877 Oxford, United Kingdom |
| Died | 26 August 1920 (aged 43) Lakhimpur Kheri, British India |
| 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.
References
- "Haileybury Roll of Honour: India 1920s". Haileybury School website. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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