George William Anderson
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George William Anderson | |
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10th Governor of British Ceylon | |
In office 27 November 1850 – 18 January 1855 | |
Monarch | Queen Victoria |
Preceded by | Charles Justin MacCarthy acting governor |
Succeeded by | Charles Justin MacCarthy acting governor |
Personal details | |
Born | 1791 |
Died | 12 March 1857 |
George William Anderson (1791 – March 12, 1857[1]) was the officiating governor of Bombay during the British Raj from 28 April 1841 to 9 June 1842.
Anderson entered the Bombay Civil Service in 1806. He was responsible for drawing up the Bombay Civil Code of 1827 and served as a judge in the Sadr Diwani and Sadr Faujdari courts. In 1838, he was named to the Indian Law Commission. He was knighted in 1849.[1]
He was 7th Governor of Mauritius from 8 Jun 1849 until 19 Oct 1850,[2] when he was appointed governor of Ceylon, following the harsh suppression of the 1848 civil uprising by the previous office holder, Viscount Torrington.[3] He resigned in 1855.[1]
References
- Great Britain. India Office (1919). The India list and India Office list. Harrison.
- ^ a b c "Sir George William Anderson". Dictionary of Indian Biography. Haskell House Publishers. p. 13. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
- ^ Mauritius World Statesmen.org
- ^ Katherine Prior, ‘Anderson, Sir George William (1791–1857)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004