Thomas Campbell Robertson

Male, Deceased Person

1789 – 1863

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Who was Thomas Campbell Robertson?

Thomas Campbell Robertson was a British civil servant of Bengal Civil Service in India.

He was appointed as Judge of the courts of the Ṣadr Dīwānī ʿAdālat and Ṣadr Nizāmat ʿAdālat at the Bengal Presidency in 1804.

In 1822, he became District Magistrate in Chittagong.

From March 1825 to August 1825 he served as Agent to the Governor General in Arakan.

From 1825 to 1826 he was British Political Officer of Arakan in Burma.

In 1826 he was Civil Commissioner in Pegu and Ava when Treaty of Yandaboo was signed on 24 February 1826.

Married to Amelia Jane Elliot in 1830. She died on 19 June 1837. Amelia Louisa was his daughter.

In 1832 he was the Agent to the Governor General on the North East Frontier Agency.

From 11 November 1835 to 27 January 1840 he was Member of the council of the Governor General, he was also President of the council of India & Deputy Governor of Bengal

On 4 February 1840 he was posted as Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces where he served for eleven months till 31 December 1842.

He was also District Magistrate of Kanpur.

He was provisionally Governor-General for some time.

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Born
Nov 9, 1789
Died
Jul 6, 1863

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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