John Deane
OccupationColonial Administrator
Known forPresident 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][self-published source?]

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

Political offices Preceded bySamuel Flake President of Bengal 17 January 1723 – 30 January 1726 Succeeded byHenry Frankland Preceded byEdward Stephenson President of Bengal 18 September 1728 – 25 February 1732 Succeeded byJohn Stackhouse

References

  1. ^ Provinces of British India - World Statesmen
  2. ^ Ghosh, Durga (2006). Sex and the family in colonial India: The Making of Empire. Cambridge University Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-521-85704-8.


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