List of governors of Bengal
Lieutenant-Governors, 1854–1912
In 1911, the British reunited east and west Bengal to form a single province under a governor.

List of governors of Bengal

Section Title: Lieutenant-Governors, 1854–1912
Table Section Text: In 1911, the British reunited east and west Bengal to form a single province under a governor.

Name	Took office	Left office

Frederick James Halliday	1854	1859

John Peter Grant	1859	1862

Cecil Beadon	1862	1866

William Grey	1867	1870

George Campbell	1870	1874

Richard Temple	1874	1877

Ashley Eden	1877	1882

Augustus Thompson	1882	1887

Steuart Colvin Bayley	1887	1890

Charles Alfred Elliott	1890	1893

Anthony MacDonnell	1893	1895

Alexander Mackenzie	1895	1897

Charles Stevens	1897	1898

John Woodburn	1898	1902

James Bourdillon	1902	1903

Andrews Henderson Leith Frazer	1903	1906

Lancelot Hare	1906	1906

Francis Slacke	1906	1908

Edward Norman Baker	1908	1911

William Duke	1911	1912

Sentence(s)

In 1898, John Woodburn was the successor of Charles Stevens to the post of the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, which he retained until 1902.

final_sentence: In 1898, John Woodburn was the successor of Charles Stevens to the post of the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, which he retained until 1902.