Governor of Bencoolen
Governors, Deputy governors etc. of Bencoolen Presidency and Bencoolen Residency
List
This is a list, source partially from worldstatesmen.org [1]
Deputy governors
Subordinated to Madras Presidency
- 1685 Ralph Ord
- On 1 September 1712, Collett arrived at York Fort in Bencoolen in Sumatra and was subsequently appointed Governor.
- On 15 October 1817 Stamford Raffles was appointed Governor-General of Bencoolen.
- 1716 - 1717 Theophilus Shyllinge
- 1717 - 1718 Richard Farmer
- 1757 - 1758 Randolph Marriott
- 1758 - 1760 Roger Carter
Governors of Bencoolen Presidency
- 1760 - 1767 Roger Carter
- 1767 - 1776 Richard Wyatt
- 1776 Robert Hay
- 1776 - 1780 William Broff
- 1780 - 1781 Hew Steuart
- 1781 - 1785 Edward Coles