Ross Donnelly Mangles (1801 – 1877) was an English politician, Member of Parliament for Guildford between 1841 and 1857. In the latter year he became Chairman of the East India Company.
Career and appointments
He was the son of James Mangles of Guildford and his wife Mary, and was educated at Eton College and East India College, Haileybury. He then joined the Bengal Civil Service.
Secretary to the Government of Bengal in the Judicial and Revenue Departments.
Deputy Lieutenant of London.
A director of the New Zealand Co.
Member of the Council of India in September 1858 to 1866
Publications
- A brief vindication of the Honourable East India Company's government of Bengal, from the attacks of Messrs. Rickards & Crawfurd (1830)
- How To Colonize: The Interest Of The Country, And The Duty Of The Government (1842)
- The Mysore Reversion, An Exceptional Case
- Christian Reasons of a Member of the Church of England for Being a Reformer
- Notes on a Minute of Mr. R. D. Mangles in the Mysore Parliamentary Papers, no. 112 of 1866
Family
Ross Lowis Mangles V.C. was his son.
References
- The India List and India Office List for 1905 (Google eBook). London: Harrison and Sons. 1905. p. 111.
- ^ Carlyle, E. I. (1901). "Mangles, Ross Donnelly" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Prior, Katherine. "Mangles, Ross Donnelly". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/17934. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Adams's parliamentary handbook: a key to the Houses of Lords and Commons
- "Mangles collection, Surrey Archaeological Society". Retrieved 12 June 2016.
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| Preceded byJames Yorke Scarlett | Member of Parliament for Guildford 1841–1857 With: Charles Baring Wall 1832–1841 Henry Currie 1847–1852 James Bell 1852–1857 William Bovill 1857–1858 |
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