George Frederick Edmonstone
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Sir George Frederick Edmonstone (born 11 April 1813, died 24 September 1864) Knight Indian Civilian(KCB
) , was an administrator in India.
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In 1829 Edmonstone went to the East India College at Haileybury
, the precursor of Haileybury and Imperial Service College, before proceeding to Bengal
in 1831.
He held various positions in the Indian civil service before being appointed as Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces
from 19 January 1859 to 27 February 1863. ,
One of the houses at Haileybury College was named after Edmonstone, along with other distinguished Indian civil servants.
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Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
) , was an administrator in India.
Life
Edmonstone was born in Calcutta, the fourth son of Neil Benjamin Edmonstone (1765–1841), a member of the supreme council in India and a director of the East India CompanyEast India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
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In 1829 Edmonstone went to the East India College at Haileybury
Haileybury and Imperial Service College
Haileybury and Imperial Service College, , is a prestigious British independent school founded in 1862. The school is located at Hertford Heath, near Hertford, from central London, on of parkland occupied until 1858 by the East India College...
, the precursor of Haileybury and Imperial Service College, before proceeding to Bengal
Bengal
Bengal is a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is mainly divided between the sovereign land of People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous...
in 1831.
He held various positions in the Indian civil service before being appointed as Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces
North-Western Provinces
The North-Western Provinces was an administrative region in British India which succeeded the Ceded and Conquered Provinces and existed in one form or another from 1836 until 1902, when it became the Agra Province within the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh .-Area:The province included all...
from 19 January 1859 to 27 February 1863. ,
One of the houses at Haileybury College was named after Edmonstone, along with other distinguished Indian civil servants.
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