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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Sir George Frederick Edmonstone''' (11 April 1813 – 24 September 1864)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stirnet.com/main/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=79&startUrl=http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/ee/edmonstone2.htm|title=Main Account - Stirnet|work=stirnet.com}}</ref> Knight Indian Civilian([[Order of the Bath|KCB]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=P8981&tabType=ARCHIVE|title=Edmonstone, Sir George Frederick (1813-1864) Knight Indian Civilian|work=nationalarchives.gov.uk}}</ref> was an administrator in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101008497/|title=George Edmonstone|work=oxforddnb.com}}</ref><br />
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==Life==<br />
Edmonstone was born in [[Calcutta]], the fourth son of [[Neil Benjamin Edmonstone]] (1765–1841), a member of the supreme council in India and a director of the [[East India Company]].<ref name = "DNB">{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8497|title=George Edmonstone|work=oxforddnb.com}}</ref><br />
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In 1829 Edmonstone went to the [[Haileybury and Imperial Service College|East India College at Haileybury]], the precursor of Haileybury and Imperial Service College, before proceeding to [[Bengal]] in 1831.<ref name = "DNB"/><br />
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He held various positions in the Indian civil service before being appointed as '''[[List of Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces|Lieutenant-Governor]]''' of the [[North-Western Provinces]] from 19 January 1859 to 27 February 1863.<ref name = "DNB"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_BrProvinces.htm|title=Provinces of British India|work=worldstatesmen.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA118|title=The India List and India Office List for ...|work=google.co.in|last1=India Office|first1=Great Britain|year=1819}}</ref><br />
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One of the houses at [[Haileybury and Imperial Service College]] was named after Edmonstone, along with other distinguished Indian civil servants.<ref name = "DNB"/><br />
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