List of governors of Bengal - wikipedia List of governors of Bengal This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. From 1690, a governor represented the British East India Company in Bengal, which had been granted the right to establish a trading post by the Nawabs of Bengal. Robert Clive : Governor of Bengal during 1757 -- 1760 and again during 1765 -- 1767 and established Dual Government in Bengal from 1765 to 1772. ( True founder of British Political dominion in India ). Vanisttart ( 1760 -- 1765 ) : The Battle of Buxar ( 1764 ). Cartier ( 1769 -- 1772 ) : Bengal Famine ( 1770 ) Contents 1 Chief agents, 1681 -- 1684 2 Presidents, 1684 -- 1694 3 Chief Agents, 1694 -- 1700 4 Presidents, 1700 -- 1758 5 Governors ( 1758 -- 1774 ), Governor General of Bengal ( 1773 -- 1833 ), Governor General of India ( 1833 -- 1858 ) 6 Lieutenant - Governors, 1854 -- 1912 7 Governors, 1912 -- 1947 8 Independence, post 1947 9 References 10 External links Chief agents, 1681 -- 1684 Name Took office Left office William Hedges 1681 1684 John Beard 1684 1684 Presidents, 1684 -- 1694 Name Took office Left office William Gyfford 1684 1685 Job Charnock 1685 1693 Francis Ellis 1693 1693 Charles Eyre 1693 1694 Chief Agents, 1694 -- 1700 Name Took office Left office Charles Eyre 1694 1698 John Beard 1698 1699 Charles Eyre 1699 1700 Presidents, 1700 -- 1758 Name Took office Left office Charles Eyre 1700 1701 John Beard 1701 1705 Edward Littleton 1705 1705 ' Ruled by a council ' 1705 1710 Anthony Weltden 1710 1711 John Russell 1711 1713 Robert Hedges 1713 1718 Samuel Flake 1718 1723 John Deane 1723 1726 Henry Frankland 1726 1728 Edward Stephenson 1728 1728 John Deane 1728 1732 John Stackhouse 1732 1739 Thomas Broddyll 1739 1746 John Forster 1746 1748 William Barwell 1748 1749 Adam Dawson 1749 1752 William Fytche 1752 1752 Roger Drake 1752 1756 Under the leadership of Robert Clive, British troops and their local allies defeated the nawab on 23 June 1757 at the Battle of Plassey. The nawab was assassinated in Murshidabad, and the British installed their own replacement. Clive became governor. Governors ( 1758 -- 1774 ), governor General of Bengal ( 1773 -- 1833 ), governor General of India ( 1833 -- 1858 ) 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 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. Lieutenant - governors, 1854 -- 1912 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 In 1911, the British reunited east and west Bengal to form a single province under a governor. Governors, 1912 -- 1947 Name Took office Left office Thomas Gibson - Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael 1912 1917 Lawrence Dundas, Earl of Ronaldshay 1917 1922 Victor Bulwer - Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton 1922 1927 Sir Stanley Jackson 1927 1932 Sir John Anderson 1932 1937 Michael Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne 1937 1938 Sir John Arthur Herbert 1939 1943 Richard Casey 1944 1946 Sir Frederick Burrows 1946 1947 Independence, post 1947 In 1947, the British Raj came to an end, and the new countries of India and Pakistan were created. Bengal was partitioned into two in anticipation of this in 1946, and following independence West Bengal joined India, and East Bengal ( renamed as East Pakistan in 1956 ) joined Pakistan only to secede later in 1972 as Bangladesh. For a continuation of governors of West Bengal, please see List of Governors of West Bengal, and for East Bengal, please see East Bengal, East Pakistan, and finally, List of Presidents of Bangladesh. 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Question: who is the first governor general of bengal
Answer: Robert Clive