Question: name of the first governor general of bengal
Answer: 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 1772 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 Be