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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]
Little is known of the early years of Gerald Aungier in India, much less of his childhood and youth in England. He was born in 1640, the second son of Rev. Ambrose Aungier, Prebendary of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin and Grisel Bulkeley, daughter of the Archbishop of Dublin, Lancelot Bulkeley.
Plaque commemorating the opening of Dr. Graham’s Homes, Kalimpong by Lord Brabourne, Governor of Bengal on 19th May 1938. In 1937 he also became a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India [16] and served as Governor of Bengal until 1939, the year he died.
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.
History of the Bombay Sappers (1 C, 8 P) P. People from Bombay Presidency ... List of governors of Bombay Presidency; H. History of Bombay under British rule (1661 ...
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.
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Richard Bourchier was an official of the East India Company and was Governor of Bombay from 1750 to 1760. [1]Bourchier was probably born in Ireland, the son of Charles Bourchier and his wife Barbara Harrison, daughter of Richard Harrison of Balls, Hertfordshire and MP for Lancaster.