Stephen Rumbold Lushington

Stephen Rumbold Lushington (6 May 1776 – 5 August 1868)[1] was an English Tory politician and an administrator in India.

James Stephen Lushington of Rodmersham and his second wife, Mary Christian, daughter of the Rev.

But as Munro fell ill and died even before his tenure had ended, Henry Sullivan Graeme acted as the governor in interim till Lushington's arrival in Madras.

In 1830, the Court of Directors of the East India Company sent a despatch to Madras urging the authorities to improve the quality of English education in the presidency.

Lushington unsuccessfully contested Canterbury again at the 1835 general election,[9] but the result was overturned on petition.