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	'''John Cartier''' (23 May 1733 – 25 January 1802) was a [[~~United Kingdom~~\|British]] [[Governors of India\|colonial governor]] in [[India]]. He served as [[Governor of Bengal]] from 1769 to 1772.		'''John Cartier''' (23 May 1733 – 25 January 1802) was a [[British people\|British]] [[Governors of India\|colonial governor]] in [[Company rule in India\|India]]. He served as [[Governor of Bengal]] from 1769 to 1772.

	== Early career ==		== Early career ==
	Cartier first arrived in India as a writer in the service of the [[British East India Company]].<ref name="buckland">Buckland, 75.</ref> He was expelled from [[Dacca]] in 1756 while serving there as an assistant.<ref name="buckland"/> After fleeing with other fugitives to [[Fulta]], he joined [[Clive of India]] and helped in the retaking of [[Bengal]], for which he was praised by the Court of Directors of the British East India Company.<ref name="buckland"/> Cartier's career accelerated after the [[Battle of Plassey]].~~<ref name="banglapedia"/>~~ In 1761 Cartier became chief of the Dacca factory.<ref name="banglapedia"/> By 1767 he was Second in the [[Calcutta]] Council.<ref name="buckland"/>		Cartier first arrived in India as a writer in the service of the [[British East India Company]].<ref name="buckland">Buckland, 75.</ref> He was expelled from [[Dacca]] in 1756 while serving there as an assistant.<ref name="buckland"/> After fleeing with other fugitives to [[Fulta]], he joined [[Clive of India]] and helped in the retaking of [[Bengal]], for which he was praised by the Court of Directors of the British East India Company.<ref name="buckland"/> Cartier's career accelerated after the [[Battle of Plassey]]. In 1761, Cartier became chief of the Dacca factory.<ref name="banglapedia"/> By 1767, he was Second in the [[Calcutta]] Council.<ref name="buckland"/>

	== Governor of Bengal ==		== Governor of Bengal ==
	On 26 December 1769 Cartier succeeded [[Harry Verelst (colonial governor)\|Harry Verelst]] as Governor of [[Bengal]].<ref name="buckland"/> Cartier was governor at time of the [[Bengal famine of 1770]], during which one-third of the populace died.~~<ref name="banglapedia"/>~~ Cartier was blamed for ignoring warnings about the impending disaster<ref name="banglapedia">Islam, ''"Cartier, John"''.</ref> but was able to use a magazine of grain to feed fifteen thousand people every day for some months.<ref name="bernstein">{{Cite news \|last=Bernstein \|first=Jeremy \|date=11 June 2000 \|title=''"Dawning of the Raj: The Life and Trials of Warren Hastings"'' - Chapter One \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bernstein-raj.html \|access-date=13 November 2007 \|~~via~~=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> In response to the crisis, the Court of Directors sent a three-person commission to Bengal to assess the situation. En route, however, the ship carrying the three members foundered at sea.<ref name="malleson">Malleson, pp. 95-96.</ref> The Court of Directors did not send a replacement and recalled Cartier.<ref name="banglapedia"/> [[Warren Hastings]] was selected as his replacement; he took office on 28 April 1772.<ref name="buckland"/>		On 26 December 1769 Cartier succeeded [[Harry Verelst (colonial governor)\|Harry Verelst]] as Governor of [[Bengal]].<ref name="buckland"/> Cartier was governor at time of the [[Bengal famine of 1770]], during which one-third of the populace died. Cartier was blamed for ignoring warnings about the impending disaster<ref name="banglapedia">Islam, ''"Cartier, John"''.</ref> but was able to use a magazine of grain to feed fifteen thousand people every day for some months.<ref name="bernstein">{{Cite news \|last=Bernstein \|first=Jeremy \|date=11 June 2000 \|title=''"Dawning of the Raj: The Life and Trials of Warren Hastings"'' – Chapter One \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bernstein-raj.html \|access-date=13 November 2007 \|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

	~~Cartier became~~ a ~~[[High Sheriff of Kent]] in 1789~~. ~~Unusually the previous incumbent~~, ~~James Bond~~, ~~continued from the year before and Cartier served only for~~ the ~~latter part of~~ the ~~year~~.<ref>~~[http://www~~.~~british~~-~~history~~.~~ac.uk~~/~~report~~.~~aspx?compid~~=~~53762 British History~~ on ~~line] accessed 17 November 2007~~</~~ref~~>		In response to the crisis, the Court of Directors sent a three-person commission to Bengal to assess the situation. En route, however, the ship carrying the three members foundered at sea.<ref name="malleson">Malleson, pp. 95-96.</ref> The Court of Directors did not send a replacement and recalled Cartier.<ref name="banglapedia"/> [[Warren Hastings]] was selected as his replacement; he took office on 28 April 1772.<ref name="buckland"/>

	Cartier died in [[Bedgebury Cross\|Bedgbury]], [[Kent]] on 25 January 1802 and was buried at Goudhurst, Kent.~~<ref name="buckland"/>~~ He was eulogized by [[Edmund Burke]] for his government of Bengal.<ref name="buckland"/> His wife Stephana, the daughter of [[Stephen Law (Governor of Bombay)\|Stephen Law]], survived him and also died in Bedgbury on 22 August 1825.<ref>[https://~~www~~.google.com/books?id=Ln6gPYTqE8YC~~&pg=PA373~~&dq=%22john+cartier%22+bengal&ei=~~wrM8R4fPOY706gK_wMTsCQ~~ The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, 1825, ~~p373~~] ~~accessed~~ 15 November 2007</ref>		Cartier became a [[High Sheriff of Kent]] in 1789. Unusually the previous incumbent, James Bond, continued from the year before and Cartier served only for the latter part of the year.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53762 Profile], British-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2007.</ref>

			Cartier died in [[Bedgebury Cross\|Bedgbury]], [[Kent]] on 25 January 1802 and was buried at Goudhurst, Kent. He was eulogized by [[Edmund Burke]] for his government of Bengal.<ref name="buckland"/> His wife Stephana, the daughter of [[Stephen Law (Governor of Bombay)\|Stephen Law]], survived him and also died in Bedgbury on 22 August 1825.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ln6gPYTqE8YC&dq=%22john+cartier%22+bengal&pg=PA373 ''The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany'', 1825, p. 373]. Retrieved 15 November 2007.</ref>

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	* {{cite book\|first=C.\|last=Buckland\|year=1906\|title=''Dictionary of Indian Biography''\| editor = Charles Edward Buckland\| pages= [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_InFTmnS4crYC/page/n87 75]\| publisher=Swan Sonnenschein & Co.~~, Lim: London~~\|location=~~Harvard University, Digitized 8 July 2005~~\| url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_InFTmnS4crYC\|quote=dictionary biography.}}		* {{cite book\|first=C.\|last=Buckland\|year=1906\|title=''Dictionary of Indian Biography''\| editor = Charles Edward Buckland\| pages= [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_InFTmnS4crYC/page/n87 75]\| publisher=Swan Sonnenschein & Co.\|location=London\| url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_InFTmnS4crYC\|quote=dictionary biography.}}
	*{{cite book\|first=George Bruce\|last=Malleson\|year=1894\|title=''Life of Warren Hastings, First Governor-general of India''\| pages= 563 pages\| publisher=Chapman and Hall~~, Id.: London~~\|location=~~New York Public Library, Digitized 18 July 2007~~\| url=https://~~www~~.google.com/books?id=ifAEAAAAYAAJ~~&pg=PA95~~&dq=%22john+cartier%22+bengal&~~as_brr~~=~~1#PPA95,M1~~}}		*{{cite book\|first=George Bruce\|last=Malleson\|year=1894\|title=''Life of Warren Hastings, First Governor-general of India''\| pages= 563 pages\| publisher=Chapman and Hall\|location=London\| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ifAEAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22john+cartier%22+bengal&pg=PA95}}
	* {{cite book \|last=Islam \|first=Sirajul \|year=2012 \|chapter=Cartier, John \|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Cartier,_John \|editor1-last=Islam \|editor1-first=Sirajul \|editor1-link=Sirajul Islam \|editor2-last=Jamal \|editor2-first=Ahmed A. \|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh \|edition=Second \|publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}		* {{cite book \|last=Islam \|first=Sirajul \|year=2012 \|chapter=Cartier, John \|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Cartier,_John \|editor1-last=Islam \|editor1-first=Sirajul \|editor1-link=Sirajul Islam \|editor2-last=Jamal \|editor2-first=Ahmed A. \|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh \|edition=Second \|publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}
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{{Short description|British colonial governor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2013}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2013}}
'''John Cartier''' (23 May 1733 – 25 January 1802) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Governors of India|colonial governor]] in [[India]]. He served as [[Governor of Bengal]] from 1769 to 1772.

== Early career ==
Cartier first arrived in India as a writer in the service of the [[British East India Company]].<ref name="buckland">Buckland, 75.</ref> He was expelled from [[Dacca]] in 1756 while serving there as an assistant.<ref name="buckland"/> After fleeing with other fugitives to [[Fulta]], he joined [[Clive of India]] and helped in the retaking of [[Bengal]], for which he was praised by the Court of Directors of the British East India Company.<ref name="buckland"/> Cartier's career accelerated after the [[Battle of Plassey]].<ref name="banglapedia"/> In 1761 Cartier became chief of the Dacca factory.<ref name="banglapedia"/> By 1767 he was Second in the [[Calcutta]] Council.<ref name="buckland"/>

== Governor of Bengal ==
On 26 December 1769 Cartier succeeded [[Harry Verelst (colonial governor)|Harry Verelst]] as Governor of [[Bengal]].<ref name="buckland"/> Cartier was governor at time of the [[Bengal famine of 1770]], during which one-third of the populace died.<ref name="banglapedia"/> Cartier was blamed for ignoring warnings about the impending disaster<ref name="banglapedia">Islam, ''"Cartier, John"''.</ref> but was able to use a magazine of grain to feed fifteen thousand people every day for some months.<ref name="bernstein">{{Cite news |last=Bernstein |first=Jeremy |date=11 June 2000 |title=''"Dawning of the Raj: The Life and Trials of Warren Hastings"'' - Chapter One |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bernstein-raj.html |access-date=13 November 2007 |via=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> In response to the crisis, the Court of Directors sent a three-person commission to Bengal to assess the situation. En route, however, the ship carrying the three members foundered at sea.<ref name="malleson">Malleson, pp. 95-96.</ref> The Court of Directors did not send a replacement and recalled Cartier.<ref name="banglapedia"/> [[Warren Hastings]] was selected as his replacement; he took office on 28 April 1772.<ref name="buckland"/>

Cartier became a [[High Sheriff of Kent]] in 1789. Unusually the previous incumbent, James Bond, continued from the year before and Cartier served only for the latter part of the year.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53762 British History on line] accessed 17 November 2007</ref>

Cartier died in [[Bedgebury Cross|Bedgbury]], [[Kent]] on 25 January 1802 and was buried at Goudhurst, Kent.<ref name="buckland"/> He was eulogized by [[Edmund Burke]] for his government of Bengal.<ref name="buckland"/> His wife Stephana, the daughter of [[Stephen Law (Governor of Bombay)|Stephen Law]], survived him and also died in Bedgbury on 22 August 1825.<ref>[https://www.google.com/books?id=Ln6gPYTqE8YC&pg=PA373&dq=%22john+cartier%22+bengal&ei=wrM8R4fPOY706gK_wMTsCQ The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, 1825, p373] accessed 15 November 2007</ref>

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== References ==
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* {{cite book|first=C.|last=Buckland|year=1906|title=''Dictionary of Indian Biography''| editor = Charles Edward Buckland| pages= [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_InFTmnS4crYC/page/n87 75]| publisher=Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Lim: London|location=Harvard University, Digitized 8 July 2005| url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_InFTmnS4crYC|quote=dictionary biography.}}
*{{cite book|first=George Bruce|last=Malleson|year=1894|title=''Life of Warren Hastings, First Governor-general of India''| pages= 563 pages| publisher=Chapman and Hall, Id.: London|location=New York Public Library, Digitized 18 July 2007| url=https://www.google.com/books?id=ifAEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA95&dq=%22john+cartier%22+bengal&as_brr=1#PPA95,M1}}
* {{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |chapter=Cartier, John |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Cartier,_John |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}
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