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131London Straits Convention — (1841) An international agreement signed by Austria, France, Great Britain, the Ottoman Empire, Prussia, and Russia, which reaffirmed the principle that the Ottoman Straits the Bosporus and Dardanelles were to be closed to all warships of… …
132List of British Governors of the Straits Settlements — The Governor of the Straits Settlements was appointed by the British East India Company until 1867, when the Straits Settlements became a crown colony. Thereafter the Governor was appointed by the Colonial Office. The position existed from 1826… …