Dictionary of Indian Biography/Cartier, John
CARTIER, JOHN (1733–1802)
Governor : arrived in India as a writer in E. I. Co.'s service : was a factor and assistant at Dacca, whence he was expelled in 1756 : joined other fugitives at Fulta : served as a volunteer under Clive in retaking Bengal, and was praised by Court of Directors : Chief of Dacca factory, 1761 : Second in Council at Calcutta, 1767 : succeeded H. Verelst as Governor of Bengal, Dec. 26, 1769 : followed, as Governor, by Warren Hastings, April 13, 1772 : eulogized by Edmund Burke for his government of Bengal : died in Kent, Jan. 25, 1802.