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Governors of Bombay and Madras Presidencies, who were appointed by the British Crown, were the most important officials after the Viceroy. [5] Bombay Castle was the official residence of the governor of Bombay until the 1770s, when it was moved to Parel; a century later, in 1883, it was moved to Malabar Hill. [6] [7]
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Robert Cowan (died 21 February 1737) was an Irish colonial administrator and the East India Company's Governor of Bombay from 1729 to 1734. He was a collateral ancestor of the Marquesses of Londonderry through the marriage of his sister, Mary Cowan, to Alexander Stewart, father of Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry.
Born in London, Child was sent as a child to his uncle, the chief of the factory at Rajapur. on 27 October 1681, he was appointed chief of the East India Company's affairs at Surat and Bombay, while at the same time his namesake, stated to be unrelated by the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Sir Josiah Child, was governor of the company at home.
Gerald Aungier (1640 – 30 June 1677) was the 1st Governor of Bombay. He was made the president of the Surat factory and the governor of Bombay in 1669, which posts he held until his death in 1677. He was responsible for the initial growth of the city.
Lord Sandhurst's eldest son, the second Baron, was a Liberal politician and also served as Governor of Bombay. On 1 January 1917 he was created Viscount Sandhurst, of Sandhurst in the County of Berkshire, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. [2] However, he had no surviving male issue and on his death in 1921 the viscountcy became extinct.
Charles Crommelin (1717–1788) was a Governor of Bombay during the British Raj from 1760 to 1767. Crommelin was born in Bombay, where his father, Marc Anthony Crommelin was a factor for the British East India Company. Charles first joined the staff of the East India Company in 1733. [1] [2]
Governor of Maharashtra (4) Sri Prakasa (1890–1971) Uttar Pradesh: 1 May 1960 16 April 1962 1 year, 350 days Governor of Bombay State Rajendra Prasad (President) 5 P. Subbarayan (1889–1962) Madras: 17 April 1962 6 October 1962: 172 days Union Cabinet Minister for Transport and Communications – Justice H. K. Chainani Chief Justice of ...