Hugh Lansdown Stephenson Explained

Sir Hugh Lansdown Stephenson
Office1:Governor of Burma
Office2:Governor of Bihar and Orissa
Honorific-Suffix:GCIE, KCSI
Predecessor1:Charles Alexander Innes
Successor1:Archibald Cochrane
Predecessor2:Sir Henry Wheeler
Successor2:Sir James David Sifton
Birth Place:London
Nationality:British
Children:1 son, Hugh
Alma Mater:Christ Church, Oxford
Occupation:Administrator
Term Start1:20 December 1932
Term End1:8 May 1936
Term Start2:7 April 1927
Term End2:7 April 1932[1]

Sir Hugh Lansdown Stephenson, (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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Governor of Bihar. governor.bih.nic.in. 2018-01-07. 4 February 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080204085311/http://governor.bih.nic.in/OldGovernors.htm. dead.