John Deane (colonial administrator)
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John Deane | |
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Occupation | Colonial Administrator |
Known for | President 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]
References
- ^ Provinces of British India - World Statesmen
- ^ 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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