High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Lieutenant-General Sir Mark Cubbon KCB (August 23, 1775 – April 23, 1861) was a British army officer with the East India Company who became the British Commissioner of Mysore state in 1834. He retained this office until 1860. He moved the capital from Mysore to Bangalore, helped reform the finances of Mysore, and created a peaceful and prosperous government. Cubbon Road and Cubbon Park in Bangalore are named for him.