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| − | Allegedly, Wemyss told his successor as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, Vice-Admiral Gaunt, "to look out for two troublemakers, a little pipsqueak called Lawrence in Arabia, and a tiresome nigger by the name of Gandhi."<sup>1</sup> | + | Allegedly, Wemyss told his successor as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, Vice-Admiral [[Ernest Frederick Augustus Gaunt|Gaunt]], "to look out for two troublemakers, a little pipsqueak called Lawrence in Arabia, and a tiresome nigger by the name of Gandhi."<sup>1</sup> |
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Revision as of 11:54, 30 September 2008
Admiral of the Fleet Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss, K.C.B., C.M.G. (12 April, 1864 – 24 May, 1933) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
| Naval Office | ||
| Preceded by Sir John Jellicoe |
First Sea Lord 1917 – 1919 |
Succeeded by Sir David Beatty |
Allegedly, Wemyss told his successor as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, Vice-Admiral Gaunt, "to look out for two troublemakers, a little pipsqueak called Lawrence in Arabia, and a tiresome nigger by the name of Gandhi."1
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- Sheila de Moleyns. Tape recording in possession of the Liddle Collection, University of Leeds.
