Cecil Beadon

For the English photographer, see Sir Cecil Beaton.

Cecil Beadon
Lieutenant Governor of the Bengal Presidency
In office
1862–1866
Appointed byCharles Canning, 1st Earl Canning
Preceded byJohn Peter Grant
Succeeded byWilliam Grey
Personal details
Born1816 (1816)
Died18 July 1880(1880-07-18) (aged 63–64)

Sir Cecil Beadon, KCSI (1816 – 18 July 1880) was an English administrator in British India, serving as lieutenant-governor of the Bengal Presidency from 1862 to 1866, when he was relieved of the post after a commission of inquiry, which was critical of his handling of the Orissa famine of 1866.

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