Lewin Bentham Bowring
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Lewin Bentham Bowring was a British
civil servant in India
who served as commissioner of Mysore
between 1862 and 1870. He was also an author and man of letters.
, and the brother of John Charles Bowring and Edgar Alfred Bowring
.
Civil Service in 1843. He became Assistant Resident at Lahore
in 1847, and later joined the Punjab
commission. From 1858 to 1862, he was private secretary to the Viceroy of India, Lord Canning.
Bowring served as Chief Commissioner of Mysore
from 1862 to 1870. This was during the period between 1831 and 1881 when the Maharaja of Mysore had been dispossessed of his state by the British Raj
and Mysore was being administered by the Mysore Commission. The Bowring Institute in Bangalore
, which was founded by Lewis Rice in 1868, is named after him.
During the last year of his incumbency, Bowring also served as the first Chief Commissioner of Coorg. He was created Companion of the Star of India (CSI) in 1867. He retired from the Indian Civil Service in 1870 and returned to England the same year.
British people
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civil servant in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
who served as commissioner of Mysore
Kingdom of Mysore
The Kingdom of Mysore was a kingdom of southern India, traditionally believed to have been founded in 1399 in the vicinity of the modern city of Mysore. The kingdom, which was ruled by the Wodeyar family, initially served as a vassal state of the Vijayanagara Empire...
between 1862 and 1870. He was also an author and man of letters.
Family
He was the second son of Sir John BowringJohn Bowring
Sir John Bowring, KCB was an English political economist, traveller, miscellaneous writer, polyglot, and the 4th Governor of Hong Kong.- Early life :...
, and the brother of John Charles Bowring and Edgar Alfred Bowring
Edgar Alfred Bowring
Edgar Alfred Bowring was a British translator, author and civil servant, serving as librarian and registrar to the Board of Trade , secretary to the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, and Liberal Member of Parliament for Exeter .He was the youngest son of Sir John Bowring, and brother of...
.
Career
Bowring joined the BengalBengal
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...
Civil Service in 1843. He became Assistant Resident at Lahore
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
in 1847, and later joined the Punjab
Punjab (British India)
Punjab was a province of British India, it was one of the last areas of the Indian subcontinent to fall under British rule. With the end of British rule in 1947 the province was split between West Punjab, which went to Pakistan, and East Punjab, which went to India...
commission. From 1858 to 1862, he was private secretary to the Viceroy of India, Lord Canning.
Bowring served as Chief Commissioner of Mysore
Princely State of Mysore
The Princely State of Mysore was a princely state of the British Empire in India. The state was created by the East India Company in 1799, after the latter's victory in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, and existed until 1947, when it acceded to the newly independent Union of India...
from 1862 to 1870. This was during the period between 1831 and 1881 when the Maharaja of Mysore had been dispossessed of his state by the British Raj
British Raj
British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...
and Mysore was being administered by the Mysore Commission. The Bowring Institute in Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
, which was founded by Lewis Rice in 1868, is named after him.
During the last year of his incumbency, Bowring also served as the first Chief Commissioner of Coorg. He was created Companion of the Star of India (CSI) in 1867. He retired from the Indian Civil Service in 1870 and returned to England the same year.