John Stuart Mill
Colonialism

Mill, an employee of the East India Company from 1823 to 1858, argued in support of what he called a "benevolent despotism" with regard to the administration of overseas colonies. Mill argued:

To suppose that the same international customs, and the same rules of international morality, can obtain between one civilized nation and another, and between civilized nations and barbarians, is a grave error. … To characterize any conduct whatever towards a barbarous people as a violation of the law of nations, only shows that he who so speaks has never considered the subject.

For Mill India was " a burden " for England and British colonialism "a blessing of unspeakable magnitude to the population" of India. He also stated his support for settler colonialism.

Mill expressed general support for Company rule in India, but expressed reservations on specific Company policies in India which he disagreed with.

He also supported colonialism in other places, such as Australia. Mill was among the founding members of the South Australian Association in 1833, which was set up to lobby the government to establish colonies in Australia.
detectable_format:number_bullet_lists[4], detectable_content:postscript