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    Soulbury is a village and also a civil parish within the unitary authority area of Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Aylesbury Vale, about...
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    Viscount Soulbury, of Soulbury in the County of Buckingham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 16 July 1954 for the Conservative...
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    Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury GCMG GCVO OBE MC PC DL (6 March 1887 – 30 January 1971) was a British Conservative politician. He served as a...
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  • The Soulbury Commission (Sinhala: සෝල්බරි කොමිෂන් සභාව Solbari Komishan Sabhawa; Tamil: சோல்பரி ஆணைக்குழு) was a prime instrument of constitutional reform...
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    Peter Edward Ramsbotham, 3rd Viscount Soulbury GCMG GCVO KStJ DL (8 October 1919 – 9 April 2010) was a British diplomat and colonial administrator. Born...
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    fourth constitution overall. Donoughmore Constitution Soulbury Constitution Under the Soulbury Constitution, which consisted of The Ceylon Independence...
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    led to the arrival of the Donoughmore Commission reforms (1931) and the Soulbury Commission recommendations, which essentially upheld the 1944 draft constitution...
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  • Ramsbotham, 2nd Viscount Soulbury (21 March 1915 – 12 December 2004) was the elder son of the Rt Hon Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury, British Conservative...
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    resigns from the post or ceases to be a member of parliament. Under the Soulbury Constitution, the post of Prime Minister was created in 1947 as the head...
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    State Council. However, this demand was not met by the Soulbury reforms of 1944–45. The Soulbury constitution ushered in dominion status, with independence...
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  • the lower chamber of the parliament established in 1947 according to the Soulbury Constitution. The 1972 First Republican Constitution of Sri Lanka replaced...
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    enfranchise the majority of the Indian estate workers.: 36  A decade later, the Soulbury Commission, which paved the way for the independence of Ceylon recognized...
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  • democracy in Asia. The recommendations of the Soulbury Commission of 1944 led to the country's 1948 'Soulbury Constitution', granting it independence with...
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    Mission Jaffna Youth Congress Donoughmore Commission Post independence Soulbury Commission Nationalism Colonisation Sinhala Only Act Riots 1954 pact 1957...
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    Dales are one of England's finest sets of glacial erratics. Soulbury Stone, located in Soulbury, Buckinghamshire Jim Crow Rock, glacial erratic in Hunters...
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    of the parliament of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) established in 1947 by the Soulbury Commission. The Senate was appointed and indirectly elected rather than...
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    led to the arrival of the Donoughmore Commission reforms in 1931 and the Soulbury Commission recommendations, which essentially upheld the 1944 draft constitution...
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  • notably Lord Soulbury, Sir Fredrick Rees and Fredrick Burns who were members of the Soulbury Commission. On recommendations of the Soulbury Commission,...
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    submissions, publishing these in the Sessional Paper XIV of 1944. In 1944, the Soulbury Commission was formed. In 1945, he proceeded to London to meet the Secretary...
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  • Mission Jaffna Youth Congress Donoughmore Commission Post independence Soulbury Commission Nationalism Colonisation Sinhala Only Act Riots 1954 pact 1957...
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    1945 In 1947, when Leader of the House, D. S. Senanayake presented the Soulbury Constitution to the State Council, Bandaranaike seconded the motion stating...
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  • Ceylon & Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) established in 1947 by the Soulbury Constitution, prior to independence on 4 February 1948. Parliament replaced...
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  • served Sri Lanka (Ceylon) from 1931 to 1947 when it was replaced by the Soulbury Constitution. It was a significant development. First, it was the only...
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    Fields" by boaters. A few miles further on, a flight of three locks near Soulbury marks the descent towards the valley of the River Great Ouse. A few miles...
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    Colebrooke–Cameron Commission Donoughmore Commission Donoughmore Constitution Soulbury Commission Soulbury Constitution Capital city Legislature Legislative Council of...
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    Colebrooke–Cameron Commission Donoughmore Commission Donoughmore Constitution Soulbury Commission Soulbury Constitution Capital city Legislature Legislative Council of...
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    Colebrooke–Cameron Commission Donoughmore Commission Donoughmore Constitution Soulbury Commission Soulbury Constitution Capital city Legislature Legislative Council of...
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    parliament was established in 1947, according to the recommendations of the Soulbury Commission after the State Council was dissolved. It was based on the Westminster...
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  • Ramsay; MP for Forfarshire (1945–1950) Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury Eugene Ramsden, 1st Baron Ramsden George Taylor Ramsden; MP for Elland...
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  • Leathers United Kingdom James Leathers 94 The Viscount Soulbury 1954 Oliver Ramsbotham, 4th Viscount Soulbury United Kingdom Herwald Ramsbotham 95 The Viscount...
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