Robert Palk

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Robert Palk was an 18th-century British colonial administrator and Governor of Madras in the East India Company era.

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instanceOf British colonial administrator
Governor of Madras
human
appliesTo term as Governor of Madras
birthDate 1717-12-06
birthPlace Ashburton, Devon NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
deathDate 1798-04-29
deathPlace Devon NERFINISHED
Haldon House NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED
educatedAt Exeter College, Oxford NERFINISHED
University of Oxford
surface form: Oxford University
employer East India Company NERFINISHED
endTime 1767
familyName Palk NERFINISHED
genre 18th-century British politics
givenName Robert
knownFor acquisition of a large fortune in India
governorship of Madras
service in the East India Company
memberOf Parliament of Great Britain NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage English
notableWork administration of Madras Presidency
expansion of East India Company influence in southern India
occupation colonial administrator
merchant
politician
owned Haldon House NERFINISHED
parliamentaryTerm Member of Parliament for Ashburton
Member of Parliament for Wareham
parliamentaryTermEnd 1787
parliamentaryTermStart 1767
partOf British rule in India NERFINISHED
positionHeld Governor of Fort St. George
Governor of Madras
Member of Parliament of Great Britain
relative Henry Vansittart NERFINISHED
religion Church of England
residence Devon NERFINISHED
Haldon House NERFINISHED
spouse Anne Vansittart NERFINISHED
startTime 1763
timePeriod 18th century

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Palk Strait namedAfter Robert Palk