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SIR GEORGE HILARO BARLOW (1762-1847)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 406 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR See also:GEORGE HILARO See also:BARLOW (1762-1847)  , Anglo-See also:Indian statesman, was appointed to the See also:Bengal See also:Civil Service in 1778, and in 1788 carried into See also:execution the permanent See also:settlement of Bengal . When the See also:marquess of See also:Cornwallis died in 1805, See also:Sir See also:George See also:Barlow was nominated provisional See also:governor-See also:general, and his See also:passion for See also:economy and See also:retrenchment in that capacity has caused him to be known as the only governor-general who diminished the See also:area of See also:British territory; but his nomination was rejected by the See also:home See also:government, and See also:Lord See also:Minto was appointed . Subsequently Barlow was created governor of See also:Madras, where his want of tact caused a See also:mutiny of See also:officers in 1809, similar to that which had previously occurred under See also:Clive . In 1812 he was recalled, and lived in retirement until his See also:death in See also:February 1847 . He was created a See also:baronet in 1803 .

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