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Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, was a British Liberal politician and colonial administrator born on the 12th of September 1866. He served as Governor of Bombay, Governor of Madras, Governor General of Canada, and Viceroy and Governor-General of India before dying on the 12th of August 1941.
Willingdon founded the Willingdon Sports Club in 1917 after he was refused entry to the Royal Bombay Yacht Club when accompanied by Indian friends. He resigned his membership in protest and established the club with no colour bar, open to both Indians and British.
As Governor of Bombay during the 1917 Kheda famine, Willingdon received a petition from Gandhi's movement asking him to cancel taxes for farmers ruined by the crisis. His Cabinet refused and directed him to confiscate property, prompting Gandhi to launch non-violent resistance. Gandhi's campaign eventually succeeded and made him famous across India.
Willingdon became the first Governor General of Canada to travel by air, flying between Ottawa and Montreal. He was also the first to make official visits abroad, including a 1927 trip to the United States where President Calvin Coolidge received him with state honours.
When the Indian National Congress launched its Civil Disobedience Movement on the 4th of January 1932, Willingdon imprisoned Gandhi, banned the Congress party, detained all members of its Working Committee and Provincial Committees, and prohibited Congress youth organisations. In total, 80,000 Indian activists were imprisoned. Gandhi remained in custody until 1933.
Willingdon commissioned the Lloyd Barrage, a barrier across the mouth of the Indus River, at a cost of 20 million pounds. The project brought millions of hectares of Thar Desert land under irrigation and provided employment during the Great Depression.
Willingdon's ashes were interred in Westminster Abbey. He died on the 12th of August 1941 at 5 Lygon Place, near Ebury Street, in London.