Ross Donnelly Mangles (1801 – 1877) was an English politician, Member of Parliament for Guildford between 1841 and 1857. In the latter year he became Chairman 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 South ...

Career and appointments

He was the son of James Mangles of Guildford and his wife Mary, and was educated at

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, ...

and East India College, Haileybury. He then joined the Bengal Civil Service. Secretary to the Government of Bengal in the Judicial and Revenue Departments. Deputy Lieutenant of London.Adams's parliamentary handbook: a key to the Houses of Lords and Common

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Publications

*''A brief vindication of the Honourable East India Company's government of Bengal, from the attacks of Messrs. Rickards & Crawfurd'' (1830) *''How To Colonize: The Interest Of The Country, And The Duty Of The Government'' (1842) *''The Mysore Reversion, An Exceptional Case'' *''Christian Reasons of a Member of the Church of England for Being a Reformer'' *''Notes on a Minute of Mr. R. D. Mangles in the Mysore Parliamentary Papers'', no. 112 of 1866

Family

Ross Lowis Mangles Ross Lowis Mangles VC (14 April 1833 – 28 February 1905) was a British administrator in India and the recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British ...

V.C. was his son.

References

People educated at Eton College British East India Company Directors of the British East India Company British East India Company people British Indian history Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 1801 births 1877 deaths {{England-UK-MP-stub