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

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