John Russell Colvin | |
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Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces | |
In office 7 November 1853 – 9 September 1857 | |
Governors General | The Marquess of Dalhousie The Earl Canning |
Preceded by | James Thomason |
Succeeded by | Hugh Fraser |
Personal details | |
Born | Calcutta, Bengal Presidency | 29 May 1807
Died | 9 September 1857 Agra, North-Western Provinces | (aged 50)
Alma mater | East India Company College |
John Russell Colvin (29 May 1807 – 9 September 1857) was a British administrator of the East India Company, and Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces from 1853 until his death from cholera during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.