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.
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.