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Charles Metcalfe may refer to: Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe (1785–1846), British colonial administrator. Charles Metcalfe (British Army officer) (1865–1912), British general. Charles Russell Metcalfe (1904–1991), English botanist.
Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, first Baron, governor general of British North America 1843-45 (b at Calcutta, India 30 Jan 1785; d at Malshanger, Hampshire, Eng 5 Sept 1846). He was educated at Eton and in 1801 joined the Indian Civil Service, where he earned a reputation as a talented and judicious administrator.
Sir Charles Metcalfe MacGregor. Government central branch Press, 1884 - India - 359 pages . Preview this book ...
Press Act 1835 - Features. Governor-general Charles Metcalfe had a liberal attitude toward Indian Press and he repealed the 1823 regulations. This act, therefore, is called the ‘Metcalfe Act’ and Metcalfe is known as the ‘Liberator of the Indian Press’. This act remained in force till 1856 and led to the rapid growth of newspapers in ...
1 MacGregor, Lady (ed.), The Life and Opinions of Major-General Sir Charles Metcalfe MacGregor (London, Blackwood, 1888),Google Scholar 2 vols.; Major-General Sir MacGregor, C.M., The Defence of India: A Strategical Study (Simla, Government Central Branch Press, 1884).
Baron Metcalfe. Died: 5th September 1846. at Malshanger House, Church Oakley, Hampshire. Charles Metcalfe was second son of Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe, then a major in the Bengal Army. The father afterwards became a director of the East India Company and was created a baronet on 21st December 1802. Metcalfe's mother was Susannah Selina Sophia ...
Charles Metcalfe was born in Calcutta on January 30, 1785, the second son of a Bengal army officer who became a director of the East India Company and a Tory member of Parliament. Education Metcalfe received his early education at Eton, from which he was removed at 15 to be sent to India in the service of the company, then virtually indistinguishable from the British government of India.
