George William Anderson (1791 – March 12, 1857) was the officiating governor of Bombay during the British Raj

British Raj

British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...

 from 28 April 1841 to 9 June 1842.

Anderson entered the Bombay Civil Service in 1806. He was responsible for drawing up the Bombay Civil Code of 1827 and served as a judge in the Sadr Diwani

Sadr Diwani Adalat

Ṣadr Dīwānī ʿAdālat was a high court of civil and revenue jurisdiction in Mughal and British India. It was instituted by Warren Hastings, the British governor-general, in 1772...

 and Sadr Faujdari

Sadr Faujdari Adalat

Ṣadr Faujdari ʿAdālat were courts of criminal justice in Mughal and British India. The Faujdari criminal courts are considered the beginning of Hindu and Muslim "personal law" separated from the jurisdiction of civil law in colonial India - a juridical norm preserved as a key principle of...

 courts. In 1838, he was named to the Indian Law Commission

Law Commission of India

Law Commission of India is an executive body established by an order of the Government of India. Its major function is to work for legal reform. It membership primarily comprises legal experts, who are entrusted a mandate by the Government...

. He was knighted in 1849.

He was 7th Governor of Mauritius from 8 Jun 1849 until 19 Oct 1850, when he was appointed governor of Ceylon, following the harsh suppression of the 1848 civil uprising by the previous office holder, Viscount Torrington. He resigned in 1855.