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Thomas Campbell Robertson〔(THE PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE OF THE BRITISH EMPPIRE By EDMUND LOGE ESQ. )〕 (9 November 1789 – 6 July 1863)〔(New General Catalog of Old Books and Authors, Author names starting with Ro - Roe )〕 was a British civil servant of Bengal Civil Service in India. He was appointed as Judge of the courts of the Ṣadr Dīwānī ʿAdālat and Ṣadr Nizāmat ʿAdālat at the Bengal Presidency in 1804.〔(The Bengal directory and annual register )〕 In 1822, he became District Magistrate in Chittagong.〔(Arakan around 1830 - Social Distress and Political Instability in the Early British Period )〕 From March 1825 to August 1825 he served as Agent to the Governor General in Arakan.〔COLLIS, M.S. 1932. 'Campbell Robertson in Arakan' Journal of the Burma Research Society 13: 257-260.〕 From 1825 to 1826 he was British Political Officer of Arakan in Burma.〔http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Myanmar.htm#Arakan〕 In 1826 he was Civil Commissioner in Pegu and Ava when Treaty of Yandaboo was signed on 24 February 1826.〔(Treaty of Yandaboo, 24 February 1826 )〕 Married to Amelia Jane Elliot (11 October 1810 – 19 June 1837) in 1830.〔(A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe )〕 She died on 19 June 1837. Amelia Louisa was his daughter.〔(SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH-L Archives )〕 In 1832 he was the Agent to the Governor General on the North East Frontier Agency. he was also President of the council of India & Deputy Governor of Bengal〔(The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany )〕 On 4 February 1840 he was posted as Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces where he served for eleven months till 31 December 1842.〔(The India list and India Office list for 1905 By Great Britain, India Office )〕 He was also District Magistrate of Kanpur.〔(The Province of Agra, its history and administration By Dharma Bhanu )〕 He was provisionally Governor-General for some time.〔(The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and foreign India ... )〕 In his book ''Civility and Empire'' (2002), Professor Anindyo Roy of Colby College describes him as an arch-colonist and quotes him as saying, "the natives of India are better servants than subjects; and it is in former capacity alone that we can ever expect to command their co-operation in any emergency."〔(''Civility and Empire: Literature and Culture in British India, 1821-1921'' )〕 ==Works== His works include:〔 * Remarks On Several Recent Publications..British India, (1829), () * Political Incidents Of The First Burmese War, (1853),() * The Political Prospects Of British India, (1858) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Campbell Robertson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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