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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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Colville left Parliament in 1943 to become Governor of Bombay, a post he held until January 1948. He acted as Viceroy and Governor-General of India, in 1945, 1946 and 1947. On his return from India he was raised to the peerage as Baron Clydesmuir, of Braidwood in the County of Lanarkshire.
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.
William Mansfield, 1st Viscount Sandhurst GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, PC (21 August 1855 – 2 November 1921) was a British Liberal politician and colonial governor. He was Governor of Bombay between 1895 and 1900 and Lord Chamberlain of the Household between 1912 and 1921.
Bombay's population was around 10,000 people when Aungier assumed charge and had grown to 80,000 by the time of his death eight years later. The revenue too had grown from GBP 2,823 to GBP 9,254. During Aungier's governorship of Bombay the foundation stone of St. Thomas Church was laid. A silver chalice presented by Aungier to the Anglican ...
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]
Charles Zinzan (died 1714) was the English Acting Governor of Bombay in the late 17th century. He appears to have been a grandson of Sir Sigismund Zinzan of Molesey in Surrey, who was Master of Royal Sports. He was the Acting Governor of Bombay from 19 November 1684 to 1685. He died in 1714.