List of British rulers and high officials in Bengal

List of British rulers and high officials in Bengal

The following list gives the names, titles and tenures of the supreme British officials in Bengal between 1681 and 1947. The first is William Hedges, who was appointed the first Chief Agent of Bengal by the British East India Company in 1681. The last is Frederick Burrows, who served the last Governor of Bengal until India became independent in August 1947.

Chief Agents (1681-1684)

Presidents (1684-1694)

Chief Agents (1694-1700)

* Charles Eyre (1st time) Jan 1694 - 1698
* John Beard 1698 - Dec 1699
* Charles Eyre (2nd time) Dec 1699 - 26 May 1700

Presidents

* Charles Eyre 26 May 1700 - 7 Jan 1701
* John Beard 7 Jan 1701 - 1705
* Edward Littleton 1705 - Jul 1705
* Council Jul 1705 - 20 Jul 1710
* Anthony Weltden 20 Jul 1710 - 4 Mar 1711
* John Russell 4 Mar 1711 - 3 Dec 1713
* Robert Hedges 3 Dec 1713 - 12 Jan 1718
* Samuel Flake 12 Jan 1718 - 17 Jan 1723
* John Deane 17 Jan 1723 - 30 Jan 1726
* Henry Frankland 30 Jan 1726 - 17 Sep 1728
* Edward Stephenson 17 Sep 1728 - 18 Sep 1728
* John Deane 18 Sep 1728 - 25 Feb 1732
* John Stackhouse 25 Feb 1732 - 29 Jan 1739
* Thomas Broddyll Jan 1739 - 4 Feb 1746
* John Forster 4 Feb 1746 - 18 Apr 1748
* William Barwell 18 Apr 1748 - 17 Jun 1749
* Adam Dawson 17 Jun 1749 - 5 Jul 1752
* William Fytche 5 Jul 1752 - 8 Aug 1752
* Roger Drake 8 Aug 1752 - Oct 1756
* Sir Robert Clive Oct 1756 - 28 Jan 1760
* John Zephaniah Holwell 28 Jan 1760 - 27 Jul 1760
* Henry Vansittart 27 Jul 1760 - 3 Dec 1764
* 3 Dec 1764 - 3 May 1765 John Spencer (acting) (b. c.1725 - d. c.1770)
* 3 May 1765 - 29 Jan 1767 Robert Clive, Baron Clive of
*29 Jan 1767 - 26 Dec 1769 Harry Verelst (b. c.1733 - d. 1785)
*26 Dec 1769 - 13 Apr 1772 John Cartier (b. 1733 - d. 1802)
*13 Apr 1772 - 20 Oct 1774 Warren Hastings (b. 1732 - d. 1818)
*20 Oct 1774 - 1 May 1854 administered by the government of British India

Lieutenant-governors

* 1 May 1854 - 1 May 1859 Frederick James Halliday (b. 1807 - d. 1901)
* 1 May 1859 - 24 Apr 1862 John Peter Grant (b. 1807 - d. 1893)
* 24 Apr 1862 - 1866 Sir Cecil Beadon (b. 1816 - d. 1880)
* 23 Apr 1867 - 1 Mar 1871 William Grey (b. 1818 - d. 1878)
* 1 Mar 1871 - 9 Apr 1874 George Campbell (b. 1824 - d. 1892)
* 9 Apr 1874 - 8 Jan 1877 Richard Temple (b. 1826 - d. 1902)
* 8 Jan 1877 - 15 Jul 1879 Ashley Eden (b. 1831 - d. 1887)
* 15 Jul 1879 - 24 Apr 1882 Stewart Colvin Bayley (1st time) (b. 1836 - d. 1925)
* 24 Apr 1882 - 11 Aug 1885 Augustus Rivers Thompson (b. 1829 - d. 1890)
* 11 Aug 1885 - 2 Apr 1887 Horace Abel Cockerell (acting) (b. 1832 - d. 1908)
* 2 Apr 1887 - 17 Dec 1890 Sir Stewart Colvin Bayley (s.a.)
* 17 Dec 1890 - 30 May 1893 Charles Alfred Elliot (b. 1836 - d. 1911)
* 30 May 1893 - 18 Dec 1895 Antony Patrick MacDonnell (b. 1844 - d. 1925)
* 18 Dec 1893 - 23 Jun 1897 Alexander Mackenzie (b. 1842 - d. 1902)
* 23 Jun 1897 - 7 Apr 1898 Sir Charles Cecil Stevens (acting) (b. 1841 - d. 1909)
* 7 Apr 1898 - 23 Nov 1902 John Woodburn (b. 1848 - d. 1902)
* 23 Nov 1902 - 2 Nov 1903 James Austen Bourdillon (acting) (b. 1848 - d. 1913)
* 2 Nov 1903 - 10 Apr 1906 Arthur Henderson Leith Fraser (b. 1848 - d. 1919)
* 10 Apr 1906 - 16 Aug 1906 Lancelot Hare (acting) (b. 1851 - d. 1922)
* 16 Aug 1906 - 1 Dec 1908 Sir Francis Alexander Slacke (b. 1853 - d. 1940)
* 1 Dec 1908 - 14 Jul 1911 Sir Edward Norman Baker (b. 1857 - d. 1913)
* 14 Jul 1911 - 1 Apr 1912 Sir Frederick William Duke (b. 1863 - d. 1924)

Governors (1912-1947)

* 1 Apr 1912 - 26 Mar 1917 Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael, Baron Carmichael (b. 1859 - d. 1926)
* 26 Mar 1917 - 28 Mar 1922 Lawrence John Lumley Dundas (b. 1876 - d. 1971)
* 28 Mar 1922 Henry Wheeler (acting) (b. 1870 - d. 1950)
* 28 Mar 1922 - 28 Mar 1927 Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer-Lytton, Earl of Lytton (b. 1876 - d. 1947)
* 28 Mar 1927 - 29 Mar 1932 Francis Stanley Jackson (b. 1870 - d. 1947)
* 29 Mar 1932 - 10 Aug 1934 Sir John Anderson (1st time) (b. 1882 - d. 1958)
* 10 Aug 1934 - 1 Apr 1937 John Ackroyd Woodhead (1st time) (b. 1881 - d. 1973)
* 1 Apr 1937 - 27 Nov 1937 Sir John Anderson (2nd time) (s.a.)
* 27 Nov 1937 - 23 Jun 1938 Michael Herbert Rudolph Knatchbull-Hugessen, Baron Brabourne (b. 1895 - d. 1939)
* 24 Feb 1939 - 12 Jun 1939 Robert Neil Reid (acting) (b. 1883 - d. 1964)
* 12 Jun 1939 - 18 Nov 1939 John Ackroyd Woodhead (2nd time) (s.a.)
* 18 Nov 1939 - 6 Sep 1943 John Arthur Herbert (b. 1895 - d. 1943)
* 6 Sep 1943 - 22 Jan 1944 Thomas George Rutherford (acting) (b. 1886 - d. 1957)
* 22 Jan 1944 - 19 Feb 1946 Richard Gardiner Casey (b. 1890 - d. 1976)
* 19 Feb 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Sir Frederick John Burrows (b. 1887 - d. 1973)

Chief ministers

* 1937 - Jul 1943 A.K. Fazlul Huq (b. 1873 - d. 1962) ML
* Jul 1943 - Aug 1945 Khwaja Nazimuddin (b. 1894 - d. 1964) BPML
* Aug 1945 - Jul 1946 Governor's Rule

Chief minister of East Bengal

* Jul 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (b. 1893 - d. 1963) BPML

Chief minister of West Bengal

* 3 Jul 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Prafulla Chandra Ghosh (b. 1891 - d. 1983) INC


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