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When the British Empire finally sinks beneath the waves of history, it will leave behind it only two memorials: one is the game of Association Football and the other is the expression 'Fuck Off'.

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Richard Turnbull

Richard Turnbull

Born: July 7, 1909
Died: December 21, 1998 (aged 89)
Bio: Sir Richard Gordon Turnbull was a British colonial governor and the last governor of the British mandate of Tanganyika from 1958 to 1961. Following the country's independence, he was governor-general from 9 December 1961 9 December 1962.

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