Governors of East India Company presidencies

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British colonial title colonial administrative officeholder political office

The Governors of East India Company presidencies were the chief colonial administrators who ruled major British-controlled regions in India, such as Bengal, Madras, and Bombay, on behalf of the Company.

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Label Occurrences
British East India Company officials 1
Governors of East India Company presidencies canonical 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonial title ⓘ
colonial administrative officeholder ⓘ
political office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Presidency of Fort William in Bengal ⓘ
surface form: Presidency of Bengal

Government of Bombay Presidency ⓘ
surface form: Presidency of Bombay

Presidency of Fort St. George ⓘ
surface form: Presidency of Madras
appliesToPeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
appointedBy British Crown ⓘ
Court of Directors ⓘ
surface form: Court of Directors of the East India Company
country British India ⓘ
dissolvedBy Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
employer British East India Company ⓘ
surface form: East India Company
endTime 1858 ⓘ
governedBy British East India Company ⓘ
surface form: East India Company
governs British-controlled territories in India ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver civil administration ⓘ
judicial administration ⓘ
military forces in the presidency ⓘ
revenue collection ⓘ
hasPart Governor of Bengal Presidency ⓘ
Governor of Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Governor of Madras Presidency ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalBasis Charter Acts of the British Parliament ⓘ
Regulating Act 1773 ⓘ
Royal Charter of the East India Company ⓘ
surface form: Royal charter of the East India Company
location South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent
officeHeldBy Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
Edward Clive ⓘ
Elihu Yale ⓘ
Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings ⓘ
surface form: Francis Rawdon-Hastings

Lord Macartney ⓘ
surface form: George Macartney

Gerald Aungier ⓘ
John Napier ⓘ
John Shore ⓘ
Jonathan Duncan ⓘ
Mountstuart Elphinstone ⓘ
Robert Clive ⓘ
Thomas Munro ⓘ
Warren Hastings ⓘ
partOf British colonial authorities in India ⓘ
surface form: British colonial administration in India

British East India Company ⓘ
surface form: East India Company government
replacedBy Governors of British Indian provinces ⓘ
Viceroy of India ⓘ
surface form: Viceroy and Governor-General of India
residence Mumbai ⓘ
surface form: Bombay

Calcutta ⓘ
Madras, India ⓘ
surface form: Madras
startTime 17th century ⓘ
subordinateTo Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
surface form: Governor-General of India

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Court of Directors → hasAuthorityOver → Governors of East India Company presidencies ⓘ
Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa → administeredBy → Governors of East India Company presidencies ⓘ
this entity surface form: British East India Company officials