Dictionary of Indian Biography/Bethune, John Elliot Drinkwater
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
BETHUNE, JOHN ELLIOT DRINKWATER (1801–1851)
Son of Lt-Colonel J. Drinkwater Bethune: educated at Trinity College, Cambridge: called to the bar, 1827: was Counsel to the Home Office for many years: became Legal Member of the Supreme Council of the Government of India in April, 1848. Besides his ordinary work in charge of legislation and as Member of Council, Bethune was President of the Council of Education: he established the Bethune School, which still exists, for the Education of native girls; died at Calcutta Aug. 12, 1851.