Ross Donnelly Mangles Explained

Ross Donnelly Mangles (1801 – 1877) was an English politician, Member of Parliament for Guildford between 1841 and 1857. In the latter year he became Chairman of the East India Company.^{[1] [2]}

Career and appointments

He was the son of James Mangles of Guildford and his wife Mary, and was educated at Eton College and East India College, Haileybury.^[3] He then joined the Bengal Civil Service.

Secretary to the Government of Bengal in the Judicial and Revenue Departments.

Deputy Lieutenant of London.^[4]

A director of the New Zealand Co.

Member of the Council of India in September 1858 to 1866

Publications

• A brief vindication of the Honourable East India Company's government of Bengal, from the attacks of Messrs. Rickards & Crawfurd (1830)
• How To Colonize: The Interest Of The Country, And The Duty Of The Government (1842)
• The Mysore Reversion, An Exceptional Case
• Christian Reasons of a Member of the Church of England for Being a Reformer
• Notes on a Minute of Mr. R. D. Mangles in the Mysore Parliamentary Papers, no. 112 of 1866

Family

Ross Lowis Mangles V.C. was his son.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: The India List and India Office List for 1905 . Harrison and Sons . 1905 . London . 111 . Google eBook .
2. Mangles, Ross Donnelly. E. I.. Carlyle.
3. 17934. Mangles, Ross Donnelly. Katherine. Prior.
4. Adams's parliamentary handbook: a key to the Houses of Lords and Commons https://books.google.com/books?id=f-YNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA175
5. Web site: Mangles collection, Surrey Archaeological Society. 12 June 2016.