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Also Known As Sir Kenneth William Blackburne
Born December 12, 1907 • Hampshire • England
Died November 4, 1980 (aged 72) • Douglas • United Kingdom
Title / Office governor-general (1962-1962), Jamaica • governor (1950-1956), Leeward Islands
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