Victorian Imperialists

Victorian Imperialists

Famous British Imperialists of the Victorian Age include:

*Benjamin Disraeli
*George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
*Sir Francis Edward Younghusband
*Sir Ignatius Valentine Chirol
*William Gladstone
*Cecil Rhodes


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