Governor of Bombay

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colonial administrative office viceregal office

The Governor of Bombay was the British Crown’s chief executive authority in the Bombay Presidency, overseeing colonial administration and governance in western India.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Governor of Bombay Presidency	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial administrative office ⓘ viceregal office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Bombay Presidency ⓘ Bombay Presidency ⓘ surface form: Bombay Province British India ⓘ
appointedBy	Board of Control ⓘ British Crown ⓘ Court of Directors ⓘ surface form: Court of Directors of the East India Company Viceroy of India ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
flag	Union Flag ⓘ surface form: Union Jack (as colonial symbol)
followed	Governor of Bombay under the East India Company ⓘ
followedBy	Governor of Bombay Province ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Aden ⓘ surface form: Aden Settlement (for part of the 19th century) Deccan region ⓘ surface form: Deccan region (parts) Gujarat ⓘ surface form: Gujarat region Konkan ⓘ surface form: Konkan region Sind ⓘ surface form: Sind (for part of the 19th century)
location	Bombay Presidency ⓘ Western India ⓘ
officeAbolished	1947 ⓘ
officeCreated	1668 ⓘ
officeCreatedBy	British East India Company ⓘ surface form: English East India Company
officeCreatedUnder	charter of Charles II ⓘ
officeHolderRank	Governor ⓘ
officeType	chief executive authority ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ British India ⓘ surface form: British Raj
positionHeldBy	Henry Bartle Frere ⓘ surface form: Bartle Frere Frederick Sykes ⓘ George Sydenham Clarke ⓘ Gerald Aungier ⓘ Henry Bartle Frere ⓘ surface form: Henry Bartle Edward Frere James Fergusson ⓘ John Colville ⓘ Mountstuart Elphinstone ⓘ surface form: John Elphinstone Jonathan Duncan ⓘ Mark Cubbon ⓘ Mountstuart Elphinstone ⓘ William Elphinstone ⓘ
precededBy	Portuguese governors of Bombay (under Portuguese rule) ⓘ
replacedBy	Governor of Bombay State ⓘ
reportsTo	Viceroy of India ⓘ surface form: Governor-General of India Secretary of State for India ⓘ
residence	Government House, Malabar Hill ⓘ
residenceCountry	India ⓘ
responsibleFor	colonial administration ⓘ implementation of imperial policy ⓘ law and order ⓘ revenue collection ⓘ
seat	Mumbai ⓘ surface form: Bombay

Referenced by (3)

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

Henry Bartle Frere → positionHeld → Governor of Bombay ⓘ

Bombay Legislative Council → subordinateTo → Governor of Bombay ⓘ

Kathiawar Agency → supervisedBy → Governor of Bombay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governor of Bombay Presidency