Augustus Cleveland
Augustus Clevland (1754–1784) was an East India Company administrator in the Province of Bengal, a Collector of the Revenues and a Judge of the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut, Dewanny Adawlut of the Districts of Bhagalpur and various others. He was very hostile towards the native Indians, after the 1777 famine the natives revolted against the company and he was killed by the rebellion leader Tilka Manjhi, Tilka manjhi. He died in mid-career at the early age of 30. Origins He was the 6th son of John Clevland (1706-1763), John Clevland (1706-1763) of Tapeley Park, Tapeley, in the parish of Westleigh, North Devon, Westleigh, near Bideford, in North Devon, England, his 2nd son by his third wife Sarah Shuckburgh (d.1764), whom he married in 1747, a daughter of Charles Shuckburgh of Longborough, Gloucestershire and a sister of Shuckburgh baronets, Sir Charles Shuckburgh, 5th Baronet (1722–1773). Clevland is said to have been a cousin of John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth, Governor-General o ...
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