Cowan, Robert, Sir, active 1707-1737, Knight, Governor of Bombay and merchant
Biographical notes:
c 1707 merchant in Lisbon; 1719 travelled to Bombay as a freemerchant; 1720-1721 envoy to Goa; 1721 appointed to the Bombay council; 1722 investigator at Surat; 1724-1726 chief of the British settlement at Mocha; 1726 second in council at Bombay; 1729-1734 president and governor of Bombay; 1736 knighthood; 1737 MP for Tregony borough, died.
Epithet: Governor of Bombay and merchant
Title: Knight
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001477.0x0001c2
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Places:
- Calcutta, India (as recorded)
- China, Asia (as recorded)
- Saint Helena, Africa (as recorded)
- Goa, India (as recorded)
- Honavar (Or Onore), Bombay (as recorded)
- Anjengo, Travancore, Madras (as recorded)
- Surat, Bombay (as recorded)
- Bombay, India (as recorded)
- Calicut, Madras (as recorded)
- Madras, India (as recorded)
- Persian Gulf, Asia (as recorded)
- Iran, Asia (as recorded)
- Mocha, Yemen (as recorded)
- Tellicherry, Madras (as recorded)
