Governor-General of Bengal

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colonial office political office

The Governor-General of Bengal was the chief British colonial administrator in India during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a role that evolved into the office of Governor-General of India.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Governor-General of Bengal canonical 22
Governor-General of India 6
Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William 5

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial office ⓘ
political office ⓘ
abolished 1858 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Bengal Presidency ⓘ
Company rule in India ⓘ
Presidency of Fort William in Bengal ⓘ
appointedBy Court of Directors ⓘ
surface form: Court of Directors of the East India Company
confirmedBy British Crown ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
endTime 1858 ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver other British presidencies in India (Madras and Bombay) after 1773 ⓘ
history office evolved into the Governor-General of India ⓘ
inception 1773 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalBasis Charter Act 1833 ⓘ
Regulating Act 1773 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Bengal Presidency ⓘ
officeHolder John Macpherson ⓘ
Baron Amherst ⓘ
surface form: Lord Amherst

Lord Auckland ⓘ
Lord Canning ⓘ
Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
surface form: Lord Cornwallis

1st Marquess Cornwallis ⓘ
surface form: Lord Cornwallis (second term)

Lord Dalhousie ⓘ
Lord Ellenborough ⓘ
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto ⓘ
surface form: Lord Minto

Lord Moira (Marquess of Hastings) ⓘ
Lord Wellesley ⓘ
Lord William Bentinck ⓘ
Sir George Barlow ⓘ
Sir Henry Hardinge ⓘ
Sir John Shore ⓘ
Warren Hastings ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
East India Company administration ⓘ
replaced Governor of Bengal ⓘ
replacedBy Governor-General of Bengal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Governor-General of India
residence Government House, Calcutta (Kolkata) ⓘ
surface form: Government House, Calcutta
role chief British colonial administrator in India ⓘ
head of the Supreme Council of Bengal ⓘ
saidToBeTheSameAs Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
surface form: Governor-General of India (before 1858, in common usage)
seat Calcutta ⓘ
startTime 1773 ⓘ
subordinateTo Board of Control ⓘ
British Parliament ⓘ
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charles Cornwallis → heldPosition → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
Charles Cornwallis → heldPosition → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of India
India Act 1784 → definesRoleOf → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
India Act 1784 → strengthensAuthorityOf → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
Bengal Presidency → headOfGovernment → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor of Bengal
Warren Hastings → positionHeld → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
Lord Wellesley → positionHeld → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William
Lord Wellesley → positionHeld → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
Charter Act 1833 → reorganizedOfficeOf → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
Charter Act 1833 → empowered → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General in Council to legislate for all British territories in India
Government House, Calcutta (Kolkata) → builtFor → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
subject surface form: Government House, Calcutta
Governor-General of Bengal → replacedBy → Governor-General of Bengal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of India
Governor-General of Bengal → saidToBeTheSameAs → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of India (before 1858, in common usage)
Council of the Governor-General → hasMember → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
1st Marquess Cornwallis → heldPosition → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William
Clive family → positionHeld → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
subject surface form: Robert Clive
this entity surface form: Governor of Bengal
Baron Amherst → positionHeld → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
subject surface form: William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Baron Amherst
this entity surface form: Governor-General of India
Earl Cornwallis → positionHeld → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings → positionHeld → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of India
Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings → positionHeld → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
Regulating Act 1773 → introducedOffice → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
Governors of East India Company presidencies → subordinateTo → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of India
Commissioners for the Affairs of India → hadAuthorityOver → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of India through the East India Company
Mary Buchanan → spouseOccupation → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
Mary Buchanan → positionHeld → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
subject surface form: Warren Hastings
Saint Helena Act 1833 → extendedAuthorityOf → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
Lord William Bentinck → positionHeld → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
James Andrew Broun-Ramsay → positionHeld → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of the Bengal Presidency
Lord Ellenborough → positionHeld → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William
Marianne Imhoff → spouseOccupation → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
Lord Hastings → positionHeld → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of India
Lord Hastings → positionHeld → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
Lord Hastings → positionHeld → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William
Presidency of Fort William in Bengal → officeHeldBy → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
Sir John Shore → positionHeld → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
Lord Moira (Marquess of Hastings) → officeHeld → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
Lord Moira (Marquess of Hastings) → officeHeld → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William
Code of 1793 → officeHeldByAuthor → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
Supreme Council of Bengal → hasPart → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
John Macpherson → positionHeld → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: acting Governor-General of Bengal
court-martial of Mangal Pandey → underAuthorityOf → Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of India’s military administration