John Deane (colonial administrator)

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]

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

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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