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Governor of Bengal
Extracted from the Wikipedia article List of governors of the Bengal Presidency.
Lieutenant governors of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal (1854-1912)
Under the Charter Act 1853 the Governor General of India was relieved of his concurrent duties as Governor of Bengal and a separate Governor of Bengal shall be appointed. Until then a Lieutenant Governor will be appointed. F. J. Halliday became the first lieutenant governor of the Bengal Presidency. William Duke served as the last lieutenant governor after which the office was superseded by the Governor of Bengal province in 1912.