Henry St George Tucker (1771–1851) was an English financier and official of the

East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southea ...

. He was Accountant General in 1801 and again in 1805, and was Chairman of the Company in 1834 and 1847.

Personal life

Henry St. George Tucker was born on 15 February 1771 on the island of St. George, Bermuda. He was the eldest son of Henry Tucker (secretary and then later, President of the Council of the Bermudas) and his wife, Frances, daughter of the Governor of Bermuda

George Bruere George Bruere (died 1743), of Covent Garden, London, and Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire, was an English Member of Parliament. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Great Marlow Great Marlow is a civil parishes in England, civil p ...

."The life and correspondence of Henry St. George Tucker" By Sir John William Kaye Tucker married Jane, daughter of Robert Boswell, WS, who was a near relation of

James Boswell James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (; 29 October 1740 (New Style, N.S.) – 19 May 1795), was a Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer, born in Edinburgh. He is best known for his biography of his friend and older contemporary the Englis ...

. Tucker states in a biographical account that he was eldest of ten sons and had one sister. Among his brothers were: Lt-Col George Tucker, Assistant-Adjutant-General under Sir Arthur Wellesley, who died in the wreck of HMS Primrose 22 January 1809; Lt-Col John G. P. Tucker; Captain Nathaniel B. Tucker, Brigade-Major to Sir Miles Nightingale, also died in the Primrose; Lt-Col William Tucker Hon.E.I.Co. Deputy-Quartermaster-General at the Presidency of Bombay, also died at sea; Major Charlton B. Tucker, served as aide-de-camp to Sir M. Nightingale when Commander-in-Chief of the army at Bombay; Richard Alexander Tucker, who was Chief-Justice at Newfoundland. In 1806 Tucker was sentenced to six months imprisonment for attempted rape.

Career

Military Secretary to Lord Wellesley in 1799. Accountant General in 1801-4 under Lord Wellesley and again in 1805 under Lord Cornwallis. Chief Secretary in the Revenue and Judicial Department to the government in Calcutta. In 1815 he went on leave to St Helena. Lord Moira selected Tucker to be Governor of Java, but he never returned to the East. In 1826 Tucker was elected a Director of the East India Company, and in 1834 he was elected Chairman and again in 1847. He resigned as a Director in April 1851, and died in June of the same year. He is buried at

Kensal Green Cemetery Kensal Green Cemetery is a cemetery in the Kensal Green area of Queens Park in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England. Inspired by Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, it was founded by the barrister George Frederic ...

Publications

*''Remarks on the Plans of Finance lately promulgated by the Court of Directors and by the Supreme Government of India''. London 1821. *''A Review of the Financial Statement of the East India Company in 1824''. London 1825. *Tragedies: ''Harold'' and ''Camoens''. London 1835.

Biographical works

*"Trial of Henry St. George Tucker". 1810. *"Memorials of Indian Government being a selection from the papers of Henry St. George Tucker" 1853. By Sir John William Kaye *"The life and correspondence of Henry St. George Tucker" 1854. By Sir John William Kaye

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British East India Company Directors of the British East India Company British East India Company people Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery 1771 births 1851 deaths

Henry St George Sir Henry St George (1581–1644) was an English Officer of arms. He was the third (but eldest surviving) son of the herald Sir Richard St George and his wife Elizabeth St John. Life He was born on 27 January 1581 at Hatley St George, Cambr ...