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Joseph Collett （1673–1725） was a British administrator in the service of the British East India Company.
He served as the deputy-governor of Bencoolen from 1712 to 1717 and as governor of the Madras Presidency from 1717 to 1720.
He re-built Hertford Castle in England and stood for election to the British Parliament.
Joseph Collett was born in 1673 in England to glover John Collett（1642–1698） and Mary Holloway.
He married Mary Ross at a young age.
He joined the British East India Company after Mary's death in 1710 and was appointed Deputy-Governor of Sumatra.
In 1711, while sailing to Rio de Janeiro, his ship Jane was captured by the French.
However, he secured his release after paying a huge ransom.
On 1 September 1712, Collett arrived at York Fort in Bencoolen in Sumatra and was subsequently appointed deputy-governor of Bencoolen under the authority of the governor of Madras.
In 1714, he built a new fort and restored order in war-ridden Sumatra.
Collett moved his residence to the newly constructed Fort Marlborough.
Collett was appointed President of Madras in 1716 and took office on 8 January 1717.
During his tenure as the deputy-governor of Bencoolen, Collett is believed to have made the infamous remark on the rajas of the East Indies: I treat them as a man treats his wife, very complaisant in trifles,
but immovable in matters of importance Immediately after his assumption of the Presidential chair, Collett was entrusted with the responsibility of tackling an irksome situation.
The last days of Harrison's Presidency had seen some intense communal clashes between the Komatis and the Chetties .
A settlement had been reached but the terms of the settlement weren't kept and the Chetties deserted the British and moved out of Madras in large numb...