The Cambridge History of the British Empire: The Empire-Commonwealth, 1870-1919John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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All the great colonies and India were building railways ; in South Africa diamond and , later , gold mines were being exploited ; in India and Ceylon were tea and coffee plantations , and in Malaya tin mines . New beginnings were being ...
All the great colonies and India were building railways ; in South Africa diamond and , later , gold mines were being exploited ; in India and Ceylon were tea and coffee plantations , and in Malaya tin mines . New beginnings were being ...
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At the same time the Khedive was deposed in absentia ; his uncle was proclaimed Sultan of Egypt , a title that , seven years later was changed to King . The Egyptians were assured that the British Army and Navy would defend them ...
At the same time the Khedive was deposed in absentia ; his uncle was proclaimed Sultan of Egypt , a title that , seven years later was changed to King . The Egyptians were assured that the British Army and Navy would defend them ...
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Sir Michael Hicks Beach ( later Earl St Aldwyn ) . 1880 , April 28 . Earl of Kimberley . 1882 , December 11 . Edward H. Stanley , 24th Earl of Derby . 1885 , June 24 . Frederick A. Stanley , cr . Lord Stanley , 1886 ( later 25th Earl of ...
Sir Michael Hicks Beach ( later Earl St Aldwyn ) . 1880 , April 28 . Earl of Kimberley . 1882 , December 11 . Edward H. Stanley , 24th Earl of Derby . 1885 , June 24 . Frederick A. Stanley , cr . Lord Stanley , 1886 ( later 25th Earl of ...
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