Sir Charles Cecil Stevens (5 July 1840,

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– 24 March 1909) was an Australian civil servant who was the

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of the province of

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, representing the

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. He is credited for having supervised the foundation of the

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, the first of its kind in Asia. He was educated at the

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. He died in Kensington in 1909 following a bout of influenza.

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1841 births 1909 deaths British governors of Bengal Indian Civil Service (British India) officers Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India Lieutenant-governors of Bengal {{UK-gov-bio-stub