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PUD NO_898-5_AR |
| Subject | : | Woodburn's Lieutenant - Governor of Bengal Presentation Medal |
| Size | : | 50 mm |
| Metal | : | Silver |
| Year | : | 1898 |
| Description | : | obv. Bust of Woodburn, right, rev. Around border : PRESENTED BY SIR JOHN WOODBURN K.C.S.I. LIEUTENANT - GOVERNOR OF BENGAL * Within a laurel wreath space for award.
Struck at the Calcutta Mint, this appears to be the first presentation medal of a Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal. Sir John Woodburn, born in India at Barrackpur, was the Lieutenant-Governor from April 1898 until he died in office at the age of 59 on 21 November 1902 and was buried in the Circular Road Cemetery, Calcutta. A kind and generous man who passed the Calcutta Municipal Act and was remembered fondly by the Calcutta populace for his efforts to combat the plague. |
