<Tr> <Td> Roger Drake </Td> <Td> 1752 </Td> <Td> 1756 </Td> </Tr> <P> Under the leadership of Robert Clive, British troops and their local allies defeated the nawab on 23 June 1757 at the Battle of Plassey . The nawab was assassinated in Murshidabad, and the British installed their own replacement . Clive became governor . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Took office </Th> <Th> Left office </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert Clive </Td> <Td> 1758 </Td> <Td> 1760 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Henry Vansittart </Td> <Td> 1760 </Td> <Td> 1765 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive </Td> <Td> 1765 </Td> <Td> 1767 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Harry Verelst </Td> <Td> 1767 </Td> <Td> 1769 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Cartier </Td> <Td> 1769 </Td> <Td> 1772 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Warren Hastings </Td> <Td> 1772 </Td> <Td> 1785 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet </Td> <Td> 1785 </Td> <Td> 1786 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Earl Cornwallis </Td> <Td> 1786 </Td> <Td> 1793 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sir John Shore </Td> <Td> 1793 </Td> <Td> 1798 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley </Td> <Td> 1798 </Td> <Td> 1805 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis </Td> <Td> 1805 </Td> <Td> 1805 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sir George Barlow, 1st Baronet </Td> <Td> 1805 </Td> <Td> 1807 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gilbert Elliot - Murray - Kynynmound, The Lord Minto </Td> <Td> 1807 </Td> <Td> 1813 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Francis Rawdon - Hastings, The Earl of Moira </Td> <Td> 1813 </Td> <Td> 1823 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Adam </Td> <Td> 1823 </Td> <Td> 1823 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst </Td> <Td> 1823 </Td> <Td> 1828 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William Butterworth Bayley </Td> <Td> 1828 </Td> <Td> 1828 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William Bentinck </Td> <Td> 1828 </Td> <Td> 1835 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sir Charles Metcalfe, Bt </Td> <Td> 1835 </Td> <Td> 1836 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland </Td> <Td> 1836 </Td> <Td> 1842 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough </Td> <Td> 1842 </Td> <Td> 1844 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William Wilberforce Bird </Td> <Td> 1842 </Td> <Td> 1844 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge </Td> <Td> 1844 </Td> <Td> 1848 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> James Broun - Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie </Td> <Td> 1848 </Td> <Td> 1856 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Took office </Th> <Th> Left office </Th> </Tr>

Name of the first governor general of bengal