This is an entry from Wikipedia on the dude who is currently the governor of Britaannia.

Gnaeus Julius Agricola (July 13, 40 - August 23, 93) was a Roman general responsible for much of the Roman conquest of Britain.

Agricola was born in Forum Julii, Gallia Narbonensis (modern southern France), as the son of Julius Graecinus and his wife Julia Procilla. Agricola was married to Domitia Decidiana, with whom he had a daughter Julia Agricola who married the historian Tacitus. His son-in-law chronicled his career in a book entitled De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae and was one of his great supporters.

His career started as a military tribune in Britain from 58 to 62, in the staff of governor Gaius Suetonius Paullinus. Returning to Rome, Agricola served as tribune of the plebs in 66, following with a praetorship two years later. In 69 Agricola was appointed legate to the governor of Britain Quintus Petillius Cerialis and commander of the twentieth legion (Valeria victrix). When Cerialis left the province, Agricola was appointed governor of the province of Gallia Aquitania. This promotion was accompanied by an elevation to the status of patrician. After some peaceful years in Gaul, Agricola was named consul suffect in 77, and, in the following year, chosen as governor of Britain. As governor, he subdued Wales and northern England before invading Scotland, where at the Battle of Mons Graupius he defeated the Caledonians, the last undefeated tribe in Scotland. During this time, his fleet circumnavigated Britain. After an extraordinarily long tenure in Britain, he was recalled to Rome in 85; Tacitus claims that Domitian ordered his recall because Agricola's successes outshone the Emperor's own modest victories in Germany. The relationship between Agricola and the Emperor is unclear: on the one hand, Agricola was awarded triumphal decorations and a statue (the highest military honors apart from an actual triumph); on the other, Agricola never again held a civil or military post, in spite of his experience and renown. He was offered the governorship of the province of Africa, but declined it, whether due to ill health or (as Tacitus claims) the machinations of Domitian. He died in 93