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Sir Wm V.Whiteway

Right Hon Sir William Vallance Whiteway K.C.M.G., D.C.L., Q.C. Born at Buckyett, Littlehempston and received his early education at Totnes Grammar School before leaving for Newfoundland at the age of sixteen. Premier of Newfoundland three times. Honorary Freedom of the Borough of Totnes 1897. Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Medal 1897. (Courtesy of the Centre for Newfoundland Studies Archive. Photo by Layfayette Ltd)