List of governors of Bengal
Governors (1758–1774), Governor Generals of Bengal (1773–1833), Governor Generals of India (1833–1858)
Under the Charter Act 1853 the Governor General of India was relieved of his concurrent duties as Governor of Bengal and empowered to appoint a lieutenant-governor from 1854.

List of governors of Bengal

Section Title: Governors (1758–1774), Governor Generals of Bengal (1773–1833), Governor Generals of India (1833–1858)
Table Section Text: Under the Charter Act 1853 the Governor General of India was relieved of his concurrent duties as Governor of Bengal and empowered to appoint a lieutenant-governor from 1854.

Name	Took office	Left office

Robert Clive	1758	1760

Henry Vansittart	1760	1765

Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive	1765	1767

Harry Verelst	1767	1769

John Cartier	1769	1772

Warren Hastings	1773	1785

Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet	1785	1786

Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Earl Cornwallis	1786	1793

Sir John Shore	1793	1798

Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley	1798	1805

Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis	1805	1805

Sir George Barlow, 1st Baronet	1805	1807

Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, The Lord Minto	1807	1813

Francis Rawdon-Hastings, The Earl of Moira	1813	1823

John Adam	1823	1823

William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst	1823	1828

William Butterworth Bayley	1828	1828

William Bentinck	1828	1835

Sir Charles Metcalfe, Bt	1835	1836

George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland	1836	1842

Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough	1842	1844

William Wilberforce Bird	1842	1844

Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge	1844	1848

James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie	1848	1856

Sentence(s)

Henry Vansittart is one of the Governor of Bengal.

final_sentence: Henry Vansittart is one of the Governor of Bengal.