Nicholas Beatson-Bell

Sir Nicholas Dodd Beatson-Bell KCSI KCIE (circa 1868 – March 1936) was a British colonial administrator and civil servant.

He was born in Aberdour, Scotland. He served in the Indian Civil Service. On 7 December 1914 he was made a member of the Council of the Governor of Bengal.[1] In 1918 he was made Chief Commissioner of Assam, and became the first Governor of Assam on 3 January 1921. He was succeeded by William Sinclair Marris three months later.[2] He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire in the 1919 New Year Honours and a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India in the 1921 New Year Honours.[3]

Beatson-Bell married Jeannie Arbuthnott, daughter of John Campbell Arbuthnott and Jeannie Sinclair Hamilton, in Shillong on 21 November 1911. Together they had two children.

References

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 29007. p. 10706. 15 December 1914. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32284. p. 2799. 8 April 1921. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 32178. p. 5. 1 January 1921. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
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