Sir Thomas George Rutherford | |
Office: | Governor of Bihar |
Termstart: | 24 April 1944 |
Termend: | 12 May 1946 |
Predecessor: | Sir Francis Mudie |
Successor: | Thomas Alexander Stewart |
Term2: | 3 February 1943 – 6 September 1943 |
Predecessor2: | Nityanand Kanungo |
Successor2: | Sir Francis Mudie |
Sir Thomas George Rutherford, KCSI, CIE (25 September 1886 – 5 August 1957) was a British colonial administrator who served as the governor of Bihar from 1944 to 1946.[1] [2] [3] Educated at George Watson's College, the University of Edinburgh, and University College, London, Rutherford entered the Indian Civil Service in 1910. He played a major role in the suppression of the Rampa Rebellion of 1922, which was led by Alluri Sitarama Raju.[4]