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To give further assurance that Formosans were no longer to be treated like stepchildren, Nanking abolished the governor-generalship outright.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ghulam Mohammad succeeded to the governor-generalship when Nazimuddin stepped down in 1951.

From Time Magazine Archive

Although his political opinions differed from those of the party in power, he was offered the governor-generalship of Canada when he declined to go back to Jamaica.

From Lord Elgin by Bourinot, John George, Sir

In 1631 he led a Dutch fleet from the Indies to Holland, and in 1636 he was raised to the governor-generalship.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

He did not desire the governor-generalship and made a strong but unsuccessful effort to avoid accepting the position, which he finally took from a sense of duty.

From The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) by Worcester, Dean C.