James David Sifton

Sir James David Sifton
Governor of Bihar and Orissa
In office
7 April 1932  31 March 1936
Preceded bySir Hugh Lansdown Stephenson
Succeeded byPosition Abolished
Governor of Bihar
In office
1 April 1936  10 March 1937
Preceded byPosition Created
Succeeded bySir Maurice Garnier Hallett
Personal details
Born17 April 1878 (1878-04-17)
London
Died24 January 1952(1952-01-24) (aged 73)
Sussex
NationalityBritish
Spouse
Harriet May
(m. 1907)
Alma materSt Paul's School, London, Magdalen College, Oxford
OccupationAdministrator

Sir James David Sifton, KCSI, KCIE (17 April 1878 – 1952) was a British civil servant who was the Governor of Bihar and Orissa from 7 April 1932 to 31 March 1936 and then Governor of Bihar from 1 April 1936 to 10 March 1937. He was the first Governor of Bihar after division of province from Orissa. He was a member of the Imperial Civil Service appointed in 1902 and served in Bengal and later in Bihar and Orissa Province.