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Governor of the Punjab

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Caption: The accident which befell Sir Donald McLeod, formerly Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab (1865-70), at Gloucester Road underground station, 1872, and its aftermath. Sir Donald Friell McLeod CB KCSI (6 May 1810 – 28 November 1872) was a Lieutenant Governor of British Punjab. He died from the effects of an accident on the London Underground. The picture shows him being carried off the railway line, with a cut leg, then being attended to, and finally, his spirit being taken away.

Source - The British Library

Title of Work: The accident which befell Sir Donald McLeod, formerly Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab (1865-70), at Gloucester Road underground station, 1872, and its aftermath.

Artist: Unknown

Place and date of production: c.1885

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