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The British gained a lot of territory during the mid-18th century, so that by the time the French military power was crushed at the Battle of Wandiwash in 1761, the territory under the Presidency of Madras had increased manyfold. In 1785, the Province of Madras was created and the President became the Governor of Madras.
Sir. Thomas Munro's Statue, Madras (MacLeod, p.124, 1871) [2] Major-General Sir Thomas Munro, 1st Baronet KCB (27 May 1761 – 6 July 1827) was a Scottish soldier and British colonial administrator. He served as an East India Company Army officer and statesman, in addition to also being the governor of Madras Presidency.
Pages in category "Governors of Madras" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Manuel António de Sousa e Meneses, Governor (1756–1761) Marcelino Pereira de Ávila, Governor (1761–1761) António de Barros Bezerra, Governor (1761–1764) Bartolomeu de Sousa de Brito Tigre, Governor (1764–1766) João Jácome de Brito Barena Henriques, Governor (1766–1767) Joaquim Salema Saldanha Lobo, Governor (1768–1777)
The binding is from Indian brocade silk brought home by the 2nd Lord Clive, who served as Governor of Madras, ... With: Thomas Hill 1761–1768 Noel Hill 1768–1774
Sir Robert Palk, 1st Baronet (December 1717 – 29 April 1798) of Haldon House in the parish of Kenn, in Devon, England, was an officer of the British East India Company who served as Governor of the Madras Presidency. In England he served as MP for Ashburton in 1767 and between 1774 and 1787 and for Wareham, between 1768 and 1774. [2]
The presidency's first newspaper, the Madras Courier, was started on 12 October 1785, by Richard Johnston, a printer employed by the British East India Company. [238] The first Indian-owned English-language newspaper was The Madras Crescent which was established by freedom-fighter Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty in October 1844. [239]
Pigot entered the service of the East India Company in 1736, at the age of 17; after nineteen years he became governor and commander-in-chief of Madras in 1755. Having defended the city against the French in 1758-1759 and occupied Pondichéry on behalf of the company, he resigned his office in November 1763 and returned to the Kingdom of Great ...