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Nabob is an Anglo-Indian term that came to English from Urdu, possibly from Hindustani nawāb/navāb, [2] borrowed into English during British colonial rule in India. [3] It is possible this was via the intermediate Portuguese nababo, the Portuguese having preceded the British in India. [4] The word entered colloquial usage in England from 1612.
The term nabob was borrowed into English from one of the languages of India (originally nawab) and broadly describes colonizers who settled in conquered lands and then returned home with great fortunes. [2] According to one historian there were 55 "fabulously wealthy" nabobs of note in the 1850s. [3]
Basil Cochrane (22 April 1753 – 12 or 14 August 1826 in Paris, France [1] [2]) was a Scottish civil servant, businessman, inventor, and wealthy nabob of early-19th-century England. Early life [ edit ]
Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah, or Muhammed Ali, Wallajah (7 July 1717 – 13 October 1795), was the Nawab of the Carnatic from 1749 until his death in 1795. He declared himself Nawab in 1749.
Sykes was born in Thornhill in the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1732. [1]Having joined the British East India Company, Sykes amassed a fortune in Bengal at the court of the Nawab.
Next on the royal family tree is Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, the first-born son of Prince Charles and his late wife, Diana, Princess of Wales. By virtue of his being male, from the moment ...
Sir John Cracroft Wilson KCSI CB (21 May 1808 – 2 March 1881), also known as Nabob Wilson, was a British-educated civil servant in India, farmer and politician in New Zealand. Early life [ edit ]
Jack Nicholson has welcomed six children with five women over the years — but he has only publicly commented on four of them. Throughout his time in the spotlight, Jack has only married once. He ...