Robert Duncan Bell

Sir Robert Duncan Bell, KCSI, CIE (18 May 1878 – 14 January 1953) was a Scottish civil servant who was the Acting Governor of Bombay during the British Raj, from 30 May 1937 to 18 September 1937.[1]

The grave of Robert Duncan Bell, Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh

Life

Bell was the son of William Bell, a typesetter with the Edinburgh Evening News, and his wife, Christina Beveridge Malcolm. The family lived at 3 Gladstone Terrace in the Grange, Edinburgh, close to The Meadows.[2] In 1905, Bell moved to India as a junior civil servant.[3] He was a member of the Bombay Legislative Council in the 1920s and present during the Bombay Riots of 1928/29.[4]

Bell became Acting Governor of Bombay on 30 May 1936, after Governor Lord Brabourne went on leave with his wife, Lady Brabourne. Bell was sworn in with a 17-gun salute.[5]

Bell is buried with his parents in Grange Cemetery in south Edinburgh. The grave lies just to the west of the north face of the central vaults.

References
  1. Who Was Who. A. & C. Black. p. 28. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  2. Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1878–9
  3. The India List and India Office List, 1905
  4. State Violence and Punishment in India, Taylor Sherman
  5. "Social and Personal", Great Britain and the East (1936), p746. Accessed 2 May 2018.

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