Cowan, Robert, Sir, active 1707-1737, Knight, Governor of Bombay and merchant
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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| creatorOf | Sir Robert Cowan papers., 1719-1741 | British Library |
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| Goa, India | |||
| Honavar (Or Onore), Bombay | |||
| Anjengo, Travancore, Madras | |||
| Surat, Bombay | |||
| Bombay, India | |||
| Calicut, Madras | |||
| Madras, India | |||
| Persian Gulf, Asia | |||
| Iran, Asia | |||
| Mocha, Yemen | |||
| Tellicherry, Madras |
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