Sir George Barlow

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Sir George Barlow was a British colonial administrator who served as acting Governor-General of India in the early 19th century, noted for his conservative policies and efforts to reduce government expenditure.

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Label Occurrences
Sir George Barlow canonical 2
Sir George Willis 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonial administrator ⓘ
Governor-General of India ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Baronetcy of Fort William in Bengal ⓘ
birthDate 1763-01-20 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1846-12-18 ⓘ
educatedAt Winchester College ⓘ
employer British East India Company ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Barlow ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
name Sir George Barlow ⓘ
nobleTitle Baronet ⓘ
notableFor attempts to limit territorial expansion of the East India Company ⓘ
conservative administrative policies in British India ⓘ
efforts to reduce government expenditure in India ⓘ
role in the Vellore Mutiny aftermath ⓘ
unpopularity among some British officials and Indian elites ⓘ
occupation civil servant ⓘ
colonial governor ⓘ
officeEndTime 1807-07-31 ⓘ
officeEndTime (Governor of Madras) 1813 ⓘ
officeStartTime 1805-07-21 ⓘ
officeStartTime (Governor of Madras) 1807 ⓘ
partOf British Raj (Company rule in India) ⓘ
placeOfBirth London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
policyFocus administrative economy ⓘ
fiscal retrenchment ⓘ
reduction of military expenditure ⓘ
politicalAlignment conservative ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of Madras ⓘ
acting Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India

member of the Supreme Council of Bengal ⓘ
predecessor Lord Cornwallis ⓘ
linked to: Charles Cornwallis
residence India ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Smith ⓘ
successor Lord Minto ⓘ
linked to: Sir Charles Wood
title 1st Baronet ⓘ
workLocation Calcutta ⓘ
Madras ⓘ
linked to: Madras, India

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Governor-General of Bengal → officeHolder → Sir George Barlow ⓘ
Sir George Barlow → name → Sir George Barlow ⓘ
Governor of Portsmouth → officeHeldBy → Sir George Willis ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Barlow