John Deane (colonial administrator)

John Deane
Occupation Colonial Administrator
Known for President of Bengal

John Deane was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the early eighteenth century.[1]

He lived with an Indian mistress for over twenty years, Mussumaut Matloob Brish, with whom he had six children.[2]

Political offices
Preceded by
Samuel Flake
President of Bengal
17 January 1723 – 30 January 1726
Succeeded by
Henry Frankland
Preceded by
Edward Stephenson
President of Bengal
18 September 1728 – 25 February 1732
Succeeded by
John Stackhouse

References

  1. Provinces of British India - World Statesmen
  2. Ghosh, Durga, Sex and the family in colonial India: The Making of Empire, Cambridge University Press, 2006, page 123


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