Edward Littleton (colonial administrator) explained

Edward Littleton
Death Date:	1705
Known For:	President of Bengal
Occupation:	Colonial Administrator

Sir Edward Littleton (died 1705) was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the early eighteenth century.^[1]

Littleton was the eldest son of Sir Edward Littleton, 2nd Baronet. He studied at The Queen's College, Oxford, and in 1671 married Susannah, daughter of Sir Theophilus Biddulph. From 1685 until 1689, he sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Staffordshire.^[2]

Littleton was expelled from the East India Company in 1682. Later he was a founding director of the New East India Company, and was sent out to Bengal to act as president in its interest.^[3] He was knighted early in 1699.^[4] Later in that year he was at Calcutta, opposing John Beard of the old Company in Indian matters. It was some years before the two companies were amalgamated.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_BrProvinces.htm Provinces of British India - World Statesmen
2. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/littleton-edward-1653-1705 historyofparliamentonline.org, Littleton, Edward (1653-1705), of Pillaton Hall, Staffs.
3. [William Wilson Hunter]
4. Book: Shaw, William A.. William Arthur Shaw. The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of All the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of Knights Bachelors. Incorporating a Complete List of Knights Bachelors Dubbed in Ireland. 23 February 2013. 1 January 1971. Genealogical Publishing Com. 978-0-8063-0443-4. 271.
5. Book: Marguerite Eyer Wilbur. The East India Company: And the British Empire in the Far East. 23 February 2013. 1951. Stanford University Press. 978-0-8047-2864-5. 150.
6. Book: Marguerite Eyer Wilbur. The East India Company: And the British Empire in the Far East. 23 February 2013. 1951. Stanford University Press. 978-0-8047-2864-5. 251.