Fairford (1782 EIC Ship)
''Fairford'' was built by John Barnard (shipbuilder), John Barnard at Barnard's Wharf in Rotherhithe and launched in January 1782. Captain John Haldane sailed from Gravesend on 2 May, bound for India. He stopped at Portsmouth where he waited for thee months. ''Fairford'' left Portsmouth on 11 September 1782 in company with , , and several other East Indiamen. ''Fairford'' reached Mumbai, Bombay. She was loading cargo for England when she caught fire there on 15 June 1783. She was entirely consumed, but her crew was saved. The List of governors of Bombay Presidency, Governor of the Bombay Presidency, William Hornby (governor), William Hornby, gave Haldane command of the packet trade, packet . ''Nancy'' was lost off the Isles of Scilly on 9 February 1784, or 24 February. Among those drowned were actress Ann Cargill and her young child; Cargill was Haldane's lover or wife. Citations References

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Flag Of The British East India Company (1707)
The flag of the East India Company was used to represent the East India Company, which was chartered in England in 1600. The flag was altered as the nation changed from England to Great Britain to the United Kingdom. It was initially a red and white striped ensign with the flag of England in the canton. The flag displayed in the canton was later replaced by the flag of Great Britain and then the flag of the United Kingdom, as the nation developed. Early years Upon receiving a Royal Charter to trade in the Indian Ocean from Queen Elizabeth I in 1600, the English East India Company adopted a flag of red and white stripes (varying from nine to thirteen stripes in total), with the flag of England in the canton. It was reported that the number of stripes was chosen because many of the East India Company's shareholders were Freemasons, and the number thirteen is considered powerful in Freemasonry. However, different reports gave varying initial numbers of stripes. The flag cause ...
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