Governor of Madras

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colonial administrative office executive head of province

The Governor of Madras was the chief administrative and executive head of the British-controlled Madras Presidency in colonial India.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Governor of Fort St. George	3
Governor of Madras canonical	2
Governor-in-Council of Madras	1
President of Fort St. George	1
President of Madras	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial administrative office ⓘ executive head of province ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Madras Presidency ⓘ modern states of Tamil Nadu, parts of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha ⓘ
appointedBy	British Crown ⓘ British monarch ⓘ surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom Secretary of State for India ⓘ
comparableTo	Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal ⓘ surface form: Governor of Bengal Governor of Bombay ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
followedBy	Governor of Madras State ⓘ Governor of Tamil Nadu ⓘ
governmentOfficeOrTitle	Governor ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	Madras Army ⓘ Government of Madras Presidency ⓘ surface form: Madras Civil Service Governor’s Executive Council of Madras Presidency ⓘ surface form: Madras Presidency Council
hasCapital	Madras, India ⓘ surface form: Madras
hasDuties	chief administrative head of Madras Presidency ⓘ chief executive head of Madras Presidency ⓘ command of local military forces in Madras Presidency ⓘ implementation of British colonial policies in Madras Presidency ⓘ maintenance of law and order in Madras Presidency ⓘ management of relations with princely states within Madras region ⓘ oversight of revenue administration in Madras Presidency ⓘ supervision of public works and infrastructure in Madras Presidency ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	civil administration of Madras Presidency ⓘ criminal administration of Madras Presidency ⓘ revenue collection in Madras Presidency ⓘ
hasLegalBasis	charters and acts of the British Parliament relating to India ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Madras Presidency ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Madras Presidency ⓘ Presidency of Fort St. George ⓘ
location	Madras, India ⓘ surface form: Madras
officeCreatedFor	Madras Presidency ⓘ
officeHolderRole	Governor ⓘ
partOf	British India ⓘ British India ⓘ surface form: British Raj Presidency of Fort William in Bengal ⓘ surface form: Presidency system in British India
precededBy	President of Fort St. George ⓘ
residence	Chepauk Palace, Madras ⓘ surface form: Government House, Madras
seat	Fort St. George ⓘ surface form: Fort St. George, Madras
subordinateTo	Governor-General ⓘ surface form: Governor-General of India Viceroy of India ⓘ
timePeriod	British colonial period in India ⓘ
usedBy	British East India Company ⓘ Government of British India ⓘ surface form: British Government in India

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Diamond Pitt → positionHeld → Governor of Madras ⓘ

Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army → reportsTo → Governor of Madras ⓘ

Elihu Yale → positionHeld → Governor of Madras ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governor of Fort St. George

Elihu Yale → positionHeld → Governor of Madras ⓘ

this entity surface form: President of Madras

Presidency of Fort St. George → governedByOffice → Governor of Madras ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governor of Fort St. George

Governor’s Executive Council of Madras Presidency → subordinateTo → Governor of Madras ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governor-in-Council of Madras

Thomas Pitt (1653–1726) → positionHeld → Governor of Madras ⓘ

this entity surface form: President of Fort St. George

Lord Pigot → positionHeld → Governor of Madras ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governor of Fort St. George