John Deane (colonial administrator)

John Deane was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the early eighteenth century.[1]

John Deane
Occupation	Colonial Administrator
Known for	President of Bengal

He lived with an Indian mistress for over twenty years, Mussumaut Matloob Brish, with whom he had six children.[2]

Political offices
Preceded by Samuel Flake	President of Bengal 17 January 1723 – 30 January 1726	Succeeded by Henry Frankland
Preceded by Edward Stephenson	President of Bengal 18 September 1728 – 25 February 1732	Succeeded by John Stackhouse

References

1. Provinces of British India - World Statesmen
2. Ghosh, Durga, Sex and the family in colonial India: The Making of Empire, Cambridge University Press, 2006, page 123