Stephen Rumbold Lushington

(1776-1868)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Lushington, S. R. (Stephen Rumbold), 1776-1868 NRA: Lushington Stephen Rumbold (1776-1868) MP Governor of Madras DNB: Lushington, Stephen Rumbold (1776–1868), politician and administrator in India LBT ID: StLushi1868 VIAF ID: 43369902 LOC ID: n87895010	B/BAP: 1776-05-06 DIED: 1868-08-05
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Educated at Rugby and the Linton Academy, Cambridgeshire; after service in India he was a Tory MP for Rye (1807) and Canterbury (1812-30, 1835-37); he was joint secretary of the Treasury (1814-27) and governor of Madras (1827-32).
REFERENCES TO Stephen Rumbold Lushington: Medwin, Thomas, 1788-1869, “Lord Byron, his Biography, &c.” in Literary Gazette (4 February 1832) 73-74 Found 1: ¶ 3 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter III 1828 Found 1: ¶ 4