Henry St George Tucker

Henry St George Tucker (1771–1851) was an English financier and official of the East India Company. He was Accountant General in 1801 and again in 1805, and was Chairman of the Company in 1834 and 1847.

Personal life Henry St. George Tucker was born on 15 February 1771 on the island of St. George, Bermuda. He was the eldest son of Henry Tucker (secretary and then later, President of the Council of the Bermudas) and his wife, Frances, daughter of the Governor of Bermuda George Bruere. Tucker married Jane, daughter of Robert Boswell, WS, who was a near relation of James Boswell. who was Chief-Justice at Newfoundland.

In 1806 Tucker was sentenced to six months imprisonment for attempted rape.

Publications Remarks on the Plans of Finance lately promulgated by the Court of Directors and by the Supreme Government of India. London 1821. A Review of the Financial Statement of the East India Company in 1824. London 1825. Tragedies: Harold and Camoens. London 1835.

Biographical works "Trial of Henry St. George Tucker". 1810. "Memorials of Indian Government being a selection from the papers of Henry St. George Tucker" 1853. By Sir John William Kaye "The life and correspondence of Henry St. George Tucker" 1854. By Sir John William Kaye