John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth

The Lord Teignmouth
Watercolour by George Richmond, 1832
Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William
In office
October 1793 – March 1798
MonarchGeorge III
Preceded byThe Earl Cornwallis
Succeeded bySir Alured Clarke
(Acting Governor-General)
Personal details
Born5 October 1751 (1751-10-05)
St James's, London
Died14 February 1834 (1834-02-15) (aged 82)
Portman Square, London
Resting placeSt Marylebone Parish Church
Spouse
Charlotte Cornish
(m. 1786)
Children9, including Charles John
EducationHarrow School

John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (5 October 1751 – 14 February 1834) was a British official of the East India Company who served as Governor-General of Bengal from 1793 to 1798. In 1798 he was created Baron Teignmouth in the Peerage of Ireland. Shore was the first president of the British and Foreign Bible Society.[1] A close friend of the orientalist Sir William Jones (1746–1794), Shore edited a memoir of Jones's life in 1804, containing many of Jones's letters.

  1. ^ Embree, Ainslie T. "Shore, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25452. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)