The French Territory of Afars and Issas also differed from French Somaliland in terms of government structure, as the position of Governor General changed to that of High Commissioner.

* Pilate's position ( Governor ) isn't specified,, cf.

The present incarnation of the position emerged with the Federation of Australia and the New South Wales Constitution Act 1902, which defined the viceregal office as the Governor acting by and with the Advice of the Executive Council of New South Wales.

With the cessation of hostilities, Alexander was under serious consideration for appointment to the post of Chief of the Imperial General Staff, the British army's most senior position beneath the sovereign, but he was invited by Canadian prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King to be his recommendation to the King for the post of Governor General of Canada.

During the U. S. intervention in Afghanistan, he fought against the Taliban within the United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan ( Northern Alliance ) and thus regained his position as Governor of Herat.

Because of this and his earlier support for De Gaulle he became Governor General of the Afrique Equatoriale Française ( AEF ) in 1940, the first not white to achieve this position in French colonial history.

Bush left his position with the Rangers when he was elected Governor of Texas in 1994.

In early 1903 Harding announced his campaign for Governor of Ohio, which was soon thwarted by an intra-party alliance that assured the election of fellow Republican Myron T. Herrick ; Harding was awarded the position of Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, a post he occupied from 1904 to 1906.

During the next five years the position of the Governor General of a Dominion was clarified ; he ceased to be a representative of the British government and became a representative of The Crown.

After returning home the Governor was able to raise his family to a position of wealth and political influence which he acquired in 1691 by purchasing the property of Boconnoc in Cornwall which gave him control of a seat in parliament.

The office of Governor of West Pakistan was a largely ceremonial position but later Governors wielded some executive powers as well.

The present incarnation of the position emerged with Canadian Confederation and the British North America Act in 1867, which defined the viceregal office as the " Governor General acting by and with the Advice of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.

Agnew ran for the position of Governor of Maryland in 1966.

He succeeded Governor Philip Gidley King in 1805, having been offered the position by Sir Joseph Banks.

He returned to a respected position in the colony, advising Governor Hunter as he had advised and educated Phillip, and also returned to a prominent position in Eora political and cultural life.

His brother, David Rockefeller, also joined the museum's board of trustees, in 1948, and took over the presidency when Nelson took up position as Governor of New York in 1958.

In contrast to the past where the head of Taiwan province was considered a major official, the Governor of the Taiwan Provincial Government after 1999 has been considered a very minor position.

As recognition for his services Valdivia was finally appointed as adelantado and won the royal assent to his coveted title of Governor of Chile, returning to the settlement with his position and prestige considerably strengthened.

Many California Democrats ultimately adopted Sanchez ’ s position, paving the way for Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante to enter the race.

The Governor was intended to be an honorary position and was later customarily held by the ruling monarch.

Leaving aside the honorary position of Governor, this left the company suddenly without its two most senior and experienced directors.

Ironically, as with the speculations about Sauvé's standing in protocol vis-a-vis Mulroney, the Governor General herself was accused of elevating her position above its traditional place ; she was criticised for her own presidentialisation of the viceregal post, with pundits at the time saying she occupied " Republican Hall ".

However, the position was given to William Cleghorn, after Edinburgh ministers petitioned the town council not to appoint Hume because he was seen as an atheist.

Hutton held no position in Edinburgh University and communicated his scientific findings through the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

His paper on quantum mechanics, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society in 1936, helped win him a teaching position at Edinburgh the following year.

Gloucester decided to withdraw from his position of strength in Edinburgh.

Toward the end of the fellowship he was offered a position as lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, which he took up in 1956.

Douglas was the most powerful of the Scottish magnates but his position in the borders and Lothians was threatened — not only did he have to forcibly retake Edinburgh Castle from his own appointed deputy but was probably under pressure from the earls of Angus and March.

Important Douglas allies died in France and some of their heirs realigned with rival nobles through blood ties while at the same time Douglas experienced a loosening of allegiances in the Lothians and, with the loss of his command over Edinburgh Castle, this all served to improve James's position.

In Scotland, the position of Rector exists in the four Ancient Universities-( St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh ) ( in order of foundation ) and at Dundee, which is considered to have Ancient status as a result of its early connections to St. Andrews University.

The abbey's position close to Edinburgh Castle meant that it was often visited by Scotland's kings, who were lodged in the guest house situated to the west of the abbey cloister.

Edinburgh Castle is a fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, from its position atop the volcanic Castle Rock.

Although Childe recognised that accepting the post would take him away from London, where all of his friends and socialist activities were centred, he decided to take up the prestigious position, moving to Edinburgh in September 1927.

Whereas he had been required to undertake much fieldwork and excavation whilst at Edinburgh, at the Institute his position as Director meant that this was not necessary, although he did undertake one excavation at Maes Howe, a Neolithic burial tomb plundered by Early Medieaval Norse raiders, during 1954 – 55.

* Stirling is a historic town in central Scotland, some 30 miles to the north-west of Edinburgh, and is generally known as the " Gateway to the Highlands ", due to its geographical position between highland and lowland Scotland.

From there he took a position in repertory theatre and made his stage debut in September 1934 at the Palladium Theatre in Edinburgh in the J.

Its strategic position gave rise to a history full of incident and strife but Dunbar has become a quiet dormitory town popular with workers in nearby Edinburgh, who find it an affordable alternative to the capital itself.

As a result, when the first volumes of Froude's history were published in 1856 they drew the ire of liberals ( who felt that Froude's depiction of Henry VIII celebrated despotism ) and Oxford High Churchmen ( who opposed his position on the Church ); this hostility was expressed in reviews from the Christian Remembrancer and the Edinburgh Review.

David Monro was born in Edinburgh, the grandson of Alexander Monro tertius, professor of anatomy at the University of Edinburgh, whose own father, Alexander Monro secondus ( 1733 – 1817 ), and grandfather, Alexander Monro primus ( 1697 – 1767 ), had both filled the same position.

After retiring from his position as Chair of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres at the University of Edinburgh in 1783, Blair published his lectures for the first time, deeming it necessary because unauthorized copies of his work threatened the legacy of his teachings.

Witherspoon's wife had opposed her husband's taking the position but her objections were overcome with the aid of his future son-in-law Benjamin Rush, who was a medical student in Edinburgh.

Trusting in the judgement of the Balliol College master that he had " a natural aptitude for the profession of Schoolmaster ", Fowler took up a temporary teaching position at Fettes College in Edinburgh.

In 1895 he became professor of rhetoric and English literature at the University of Edinburgh, a position he held until 1915.