Fowke Collection: correspondence of Joseph Fowke (1716-1800), East India Company servant, Madras 1736-52, free merchant trading in diamonds 1771-81, senior merchant with Company 1781-87; of his son Francis (1754-1820), Resident at Benares 1775-76, 17... 1771-1849

Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818

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Hastings was the first governor general of British India. He began in 1750 as a clerk at the East India Company. In 1761, he was appointed to the Calcutta Council, and in 1769, was made a member of the Madras Council. In 1771, he became governor of Bengal, and in 1774, governor general of India. In 1784, he resigned and returned to England, where he was charged with high crimes and misdemenears. He was impeached in 1787 but, after a long trial, was acquitted in 1795. He was made a privy councilo...

Davenport, R.

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Walsh, John Benn-, Sir, 1759-1825, 1st Baronet, administrator in India

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1777 writer, the East India Company, Bengal; 1781 assistant to the resident, Benares; 1782 factor, the East India Company; 1785 junior merchant; 1786 returned to Britain; 1798-1799 sheriff of Radnorshire; 1802-1806 Member of Parliament for Bletchingley. Epithet: administrator in India Title: 1st Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001394.0x0001a4 ...

Walsh (Family : active 1751-1849)

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East India Company (active 1500-2004)

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Jones, Anna Maria

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Epithet: wife of Sir W Jones British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000045 ...

Jones, William

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Epithet: of Norton-under-Cannock, county Staffordshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000441.0x00016e Epithet: Reverend; Perpetual Curate of Nayland 1777 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000441.0x000174 Epithet: gardener, of Glasgow British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81...

Fowke, Joseph, 1716-1800, Indian administrator and diamond merchant

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1736-1752 East India Company servant, Madras; appointed governor of Madras (not taken up); 1771-1781 diamond trader in India; 1781-1787 senior merchant with East India Company Epithet: Indian administrator and diamond merchant British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001345.0x0002ef ...

Macpherson, John, Sir, Baronet

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Epithet: DD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000876.0x0002e0 Title: Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000876.0x0002ea Epithet: MP Title: Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000876.0x0002eb ...

Clive, Margaret, 1735-1817, née Maskelyne, wife of Robert Clive

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1753 married Robert Clive [later Baron Clive of Plassey] Epithet: née Maskelyne, wife of Robert Clive British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001477.0x0000aa ...

Fowke, Francis, Resident at Benares

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Epithet: Resident at Benares British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001345.0x0002e8 ...

Walsh, John, Subject of Mss Eur D546

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Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur D546 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001569.0x00001e ...

Benn (Family : active 1751-1849)

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Johnson, Samuel Y.

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Epithet: LLD, lexicographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000069 Epithet: Reverend; DD, of Stratford, in Connecticut; afterwards President of King's College, New York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000356.0x000250 Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur D546 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Pers...

Chambers, Frances, 1758-1839, wife of Sir Robert Chambers

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nee Wilton, wife of Sir Robert Chambers. Epithet: wife of Sir Robert Chambers British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001394.0x0003cd ...

Fowke (Family : active 1751-1849 : Creator of Mss Eur D546)

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Eton College (Buckinghamshire : active 1771-1970)

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Walsh, Margaret Benn-, 1758-1836, colonial expatriate in India, née Fowke

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Epithet: colonial expatriate in India, née Fowke British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001477.0x00032b ...

Hollond, William

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Clavering, John, Sir, 1722-1777

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1736 ensign; 1753 captain in the 2nd (Coldstream) foot guards; ?1756-1759 served in the West Indies; 1759 colonel, aide-de-camp to the king; 1760-1763 mission to the landgrave of Hesse-Cassel; 1762 colonel of the 52nd foot; 1770 lieutenant-general; 1773-1777 councillor of the Bengal supreme council; 1776 knighthood Epithet: army officer and councillor in India Title: Knight British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description ...

Von Danckelman, C H, Mrs

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Lysaght, Martha, née Pybus

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Epithet: née Pybus British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001347.0x000376 ...

Wade, John Peter, Creator of Mss Eur D103

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Epithet: Creator of Mss Eur D103 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001512.0x000381 ...

Wheler, Edward, Subject of Mss Eur D546

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Epithet: of the E India Co British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000560.0x0000c6 Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur D546 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001569.0x0000bb ...