The New International Encyclopædia/Arthur, George

ARTHUR, Sir George (1784-1854). An English colonial governor, born at Plymouth. He entered the army in 1804, served with marked distinction in several campaigns, and in 1814 was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of British Honduras. From 182.3 to 1827 he was Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania, and in the latter year was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada. During part of 1841 he acted as Deputy-Governor. From 1842 to 1846 he was Governor of the Presidency of Bombay, India, in which capacity he carried on the Deccan survey, quelled the Kolapur insurrection, and did much firmly to establish British sovereignty.