Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, English poet and diplomat, 30th Governor-General of India (died 1880)

Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

British Viceroy of India, diplomat and author (1831–1891)

Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton,, was a British statesman, Conservative politician and poet who used the pseudonym Owen Meredith. During his tenure as Viceroy of India between 1876 and 1880, Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India. He served as…

List of governors-general of India

The Regulating Act 1773 created the office with the title of Governor-General of Presidency of Fort William, or Governor-General of Bengal to be appointed by the Court of Directors of the East India Company (EIC). The Court of Directors assigned a Council of Four to assist the…