List of Governors, Deputy Governors, Residents, Lieutenant-Governor of the Presidencies and Provinces of British India, Presidency and Residency versions of British Bencoolen.

List

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Deputy Governors

Subordinated to Madras Presidency * 1685: Ralph Ord * 1685 - 1690: Benjamin Bloom * 1690 - 1691: James Sowdon * 1691 - 1695: Charles Fleetwood * 1695 - 1696: Charles Barwell * 1696 - 1699: Matthew Mildmay * 1699 - 1700: Robert Broughton * 1700 - 17 Dec 1705: Richard Watts * 1705 - 1708: Matthew Ridley * 1708: James Cross * 1708: Abraham Hoyle * 1708: John Delapie * 1708 - 1710: Robert Skingle * 1710: Jeremiah Harrison (Supervisor) * 1710 - 1711: Anthony Ettricke * 1711 - 1712: John Daniell * 1712 John Hunter * 1712 - 1716: Joseph Collett - On 1 September 1712, Collett arrived at York Fort in British Bencoolen, Bencoolen in Sumatra and was subsequently appointed Governor. * 1716 - 1717: Theophilus Shyllinge * 1717 - 1718: Richard Farmer (governor), Richard Farmer * 1718 - 1719: Thomas Cooke (Supervisor) * 1719 - 1723: Isaac Pyke * 1723: Thomas Dunster * 1723 - 1728: Joseph Walsh * 1728 - 1730: Nicholas Morse * 1730 - 1731: Stephen Newcome * 1731 - 1736: Francis Everest * 1736 - 1746: Robert Lennox * 1746 - 1752: Joseph Hurlock * 1752 - 1754: Robert Hindley * 1754 - 1755: John Walsh (Supervisor) * 1755 : John Pybus * 1755 - 1756: Thomas Combes * 1757 - 1758: Randolph Marriott * 1758 - 2 April 1760: Roger Carter (governor), Roger Carter * 2 Apr 1760 - 1760: Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing (French Commander)

Governors of Bencoolen Presidency

*Feb 1762 - Jul 1762: Samuel Ardley (acting) *1760 - 1767: Roger Carter *1767 - 1776: Richard Wyatt (governor), Richard Wyatt *1776: Robert Hay (governor), Robert Hay *1776 - 1780: William Broff *1780 - 1781: Hew Steuart *1781 - 1785: Edward Coles (governor), Edward Coles In 1785, Bencoolen became a Residency, within the Bengal Presidency

Deputy Governors of Bencoolen

*1785 - 1786: John Crisp (1st time) *1786 - 1787: Thomas Palmer *1787 - 1789: George Salmon (Supervisor) *1789 - 1793: John Crisp (2nd time) *1793 - 1799: Robert Broff *1799: John Crisp (3rd time) *1799 - 1800: Philip Braham (acting) *1800 - 1805: Walter Ewer

Residents of Bencoolen

*April 1805 - 23 Decemnber 1807: Thomas Parr *1808 - 1810: Richard Parry *1810 - 1812: William Parker *1812 - 22 Mar 1818: George John Siddons

Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen

*1818 - 1824: Stamford Raffles - who enacted Stamford Raffles#Bencoolen (Bengkulu) and Malaya (Malaysia), major reforms, including the abolishment of slavery, as well as founding of Singapore.

Resident of Bencoolen

*1824 - 1 Mar 1825: John Prince

References

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External links

* http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Indonesia.htm#Bencoolen British colonial governors and administrators in Asia, Bencoolen