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    (1886–1887), and Hong Kong (1887–1891). Des Vœux was born as the eighth of nine children of Reverend Henry Des Vœux and his second wife Fanny Elizabeth Hutton...
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    Kong, Sir William Des Vœux. The name was sometimes spelt with the ligature œ in pre-war documents but is nowadays spelt officially as Des Voeux Road. Beginning...
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  • Des Vœux or De Voeux may refer to: Sir William Des Vœux (1834–1909), a British colonial governor Sir Henry des Voeux (1822–1894), 5th Baronet, English...
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  • Phillip Vinchon Des Voeux, 1st Baronet (c. 1746–1814) – grandfather of Sir George William Des Vœux, Governor of Hong Kong Sir Charles Des Voeux, 2nd Baronet...
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    brother of cricketer Henry Des Voeux, half-brother of colonial administrator William Des Voeux, and grandson of Sir Charles Des Voeux, 1st Baronet. His great-grandfather...
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  • Des Voeux, 6th Baronet. Charles Frederick Des Voeux, a Royal Navy officer lost in the 1845 Franklin Expedition, was his brother and William Des Vœux,...
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  • to 1797. His son, Charles, succeeded in his title. Des Voeux was the grandfather of William Des Vœux. E. M. Johnston-Liik, MPs in Dublin: Companion to...
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    Assembly of Manitoba Francis Pigou (1832–1916), Anglican priest Sir William Des Vœux (1834–1909), British colonial governor, Governor of Fiji (1880–1885)...
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  • Smithies (former faculty) – Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2007 William Des Vœux (B.A. 1858) – Governor of Fiji, 1880–85; Governor of Newfoundland,...
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    Cricket Club. From 1881 to 1883, Amherst was private secretary to Sir William Des Vœux, Governor of Fiji. In June 1885, he emigrated to Western Australia...
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