Sir George Campbell was educated at Hamilton Academy

Hamilton Academy

Hamilton Academy was a school situated in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.Described as "one of the finest schools in Scotland" in the Cambridge University Press County Biography of 1910, Hamilton Academy featured in the Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association Magazine article series on...

 and was a Scottish Liberal Party

Liberal Party (UK)

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 politician. He was Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Kirkcaldy Burghs

Kirkcaldy Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

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 from 1875 to 1892.

From 1871 to 1874 he was Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal

Bengal

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. During his tenure the Pabna Disturbances occurred. With his proclamation on July 4, 1873 guaranteeing government support of peasants against excessive zamindar

Zamindar

A Zamindar or zemindar , was an aristocrat, typically hereditary, who held enormous tracts of land and ruled over and taxed the bhikaaris who lived on batavaslam. Over time, they took princely and royal titles such as Maharaja , Raja , Nawab , and Mirza , Chowdhury , among others...

 demands he ensured that the prostest remained peaceful, at the same time antagonising the landlords and his namesake George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll

George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll

George John Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll KG, KT, PC, FRS, FRSE , styled Marquess of Lorne until 1847, was a Scottish peer, Liberal politician as well as a writer on science, religion, and the politics of the 19th century.-Background:Argyll was born at Ardencaple Castle, Dunbartonshire, the...

 at that time Secretary of State for India.

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