Sir Hugh Lansdown Stephenson, GCIE, KCSI (8 April 1871 – 6 September 1941) was a British colonial administrator who served as the governor of Bihar and Orissa from 7 April 1927 to 7 April 1932 and the Governor of Burma from December 1932 to May 1936.
Biography
Educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, Stephenson joined the Indian Civil Service in 1895.
He was appointed CIE in 1913, CSI in 1919, KCIE in 1924, KCSI in 1927, and GCIE in 1936.
References
- ^ "Governor of Bihar". governor.bih.nic.in. Archived from the original on 4 February 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
External links
- Myanmar (Burma) at www.worldstatesmen.org
- Archives relating to Sir Hugh Lansdown Stephenson at The National Archives
- Stephenson Papers
- Montgomery Papers (mentioning Stephenson)
- Pioneer Mail articles from 1925 detail Stephenson's doings in India
- Documentary on Stephenson
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