John Cartier (23 May 1733 – 25 January 1802) was a British colonial governor in India.
[1] Cartier was governor at time of the Bengal famine of 1770, during which one-third of the populace died.
Cartier was blamed for ignoring warnings about the impending disaster[2] but was able to use a magazine of grain to feed fifteen thousand people every day for some months.
[3] In response to the crisis, the Court of Directors sent a three-person commission to Bengal to assess the situation.
[1] His wife Stephana, the daughter of Stephen Law, survived him and also died in Bedgbury on 22 August 1825.