Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal

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The Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal was the chief administrative and executive head of the Bengal Presidency under British rule in India, overseeing governance, law, and colonial policy in one of the empire’s largest and most important provinces.

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Label Occurrences
Governor of Bengal 2
Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal canonical 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial administrative office
executive government position
appliesToJurisdiction Bengal Presidency
Bengal Presidency
surface form: Bengal Province
appointedBy British Crown
Viceroy of India
surface form: Governor-General of India (formally on behalf of the Crown)
country British India
flagUsed Union Flag
surface form: Union Jack (as colonial flag)
followedBy Governor of Bengal
hasAuthorityOver implementation of colonial policy in Bengal
law and order in Bengal Presidency
provincial civil administration
languageOfAdministration English
locatedIn Bengal Presidency
Calcutta
India
officeAbolished 1947
officeCreatedFor administration of Bengal Presidency
officeEstablished 1854
officeHeldBy Sir Alexander Mackenzie
Sir Andrew Fraser
Sir Ashley Eden
Sir Charles Elliott
Sir Edward Norman Baker
Sir Frederick Burrows
Sir Frederick Halliday
Sir George Campbell
Sir John Peter Grant
Sir John Woodburn
Sir Richard Temple
Sir Ronaldshay (Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow)
Sir Steuart Bayley
Sir Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael
oversaw district magistrates and collectors in Bengal
partOf British Empire
Government of British India
surface form: Government of India (British Raj)
replacedBy Governor of West Bengal
replaces Governor of Bengal Presidency (as earlier form of provincial head)
residence Government House, Calcutta (Kolkata)
surface form: Government House, Calcutta
responsibleFor education policy in Bengal Presidency
famine relief measures in Bengal Presidency
public works in Bengal Presidency
revenue administration in Bengal Presidency
seat Calcutta
subordinateTo Governor-General
surface form: Governor-General of India

Viceroy of India
timePeriod 19th century
British India
surface form: British Raj

early 20th century

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Indian Councils Act 1861 appliedToOffice Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal
Governor of Madras comparableTo Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal
this entity surface form: Governor of Bengal
Bengal Legislative Council subordinateTo Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal
this entity surface form: Governor of Bengal
British colonial authorities in India hasPart Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal