Anderson, Sir George William

George William Anderson

George William Anderson was the officiating governor of Bombay during the British Raj from 28 April 1841 to 9 June 1842 .

He was 7th Governor of Mauritius from 8 Jun 1849 to 19 Oct 1850 but was appointed governor of Ceylon, following the harsh suppression of the 1848 civil uprising by the previous office holder, Viscount Torrington.

References

• http://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=toc#PRA1-PA126,M1

1. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Mauritius.htm
2. Katherine Prior, ‘Anderson, Sir George William (1791–1857)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004

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