Charles Cecil Stevens
Sir Charles Cecil Stevens KCSI (5 July 1840, Tahiti – 24 March 1909) was an Australian civil servant who was the lieutenant governor of the province of Bengal, representing the British Raj in India. He is credited for having supervised the foundation of the Sidrapong Hydel Power Station, the first of its kind in Asia.[1]
He was educated at the University of Melbourne.[2] He died in Kensington in 1909 following a bout of influenza.[3]
References
- Who's Who: An Annual Biographical Dictionary. A. & C. Black. 1906. p. 1533. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- Addison, Henry Robert; Oakes, Charles Henry; Lawson, William John; Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton (1900). Who's Who. A. & C. Black. p. 948. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- "Ex-Indian Official's Death". Irish News and Belfast Morning News. 29 March 1909. p. 8. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
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| Preceded by Alexander Mackenzie |
Lieutenant-governor of Bengal 1897–1898 |
Succeeded by John Woodburn |
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