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Henry Vansittart

British colonial governor

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rule in Bengal

  • India
    In India: The period of disorder, 1760–72

    …so strong that the governor, Henry Vansittart (served 1760–64), found himself unable to control them. Under the company’s constitution, he had only one vote in a council of up to a dozen and could be overruled by any knot of determined men. During these years, a body of British merchants,…

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