0 someone who represents a king or queen and rules for him or her in another country:
the viceroy of India
Obviously, parliaments were ripe occasions for viceroys with monarchical pretensions to play out their fantasies.
Another important facet of the viceroy's ritual office was his ability to confer the order of knighthood.
He expected that his provincial viceroys would be able to settle the trouble before it evolved into a major war.
The project to impress monarchical authority was conducted vicariously through the figure of the viceroy, through the rituals that surrounded him in his political life.
Chapter one examines how the figure of the viceroy embodied the idea of the monarch, and reflects on contemporary understandings of the rule of viceroys.
So he was particularly anxious that no unpleasantness should mar the transfer of power celebrations in which he would play viceroy for the last time.
He was ' astonished ' to learn from the viceroy that a mere five divisions and a thousand administrators would suffice to re-establish the raj.
This pious act of secular communion clearly enhanced the viceroy's prestige and the mystique surrounding his office.
