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Robert Keith Pringle
Robert Keith Pringle (12 March 1802 – 12 January 1897) was a Scottish civil servant in the Bombay Presidency The Bombay Presidency or Bombay Province, also called Bombay and Sind (1843–1936), was an administrative subdivision (province) of British India, with its capital in the city that came up over the seven islands of Bombay. The first mainl .... He was one of 11 children — five sons and six daughters — born to Alexander Pringle of Whytbank and Mary, daughter of Sir Alexander Dick, 3rd Baronet of Prestonfield. Sind He was appointed the first Chief Commissioner of Sind in 1847. References British East India Company civil servants 1802 births 1897 deaths {{Pakistan-history-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombay Presidency
The Bombay Presidency or Bombay Province, also called Bombay and Sind (1843–1936), was an administrative subdivision (province) of British India, with its capital in the city that came up over the seven islands of Bombay. The first mainland territory was acquired in the Konkan region with the Treaty of Bassein (1802). Mahabaleswar was the summer capital. The Bombay province has its beginnings in the city of Bombay that was leased in fee tail to the East India Company, via the Royal Charter of 27 March 1668 by King Charles II of England, who had in turn acquired Bombay on 11 May 1661, through the royal dowry of Catherine Braganza by way of his marriage treaty with the Portuguese princess, daughter of John IV of Portugal. The English East India Company transferred its Western India headquarters from Surat in the Gulf of Cambay after it was sacked, to the relatively safe Bombay Harbour in 1687. The province was brought under Direct rule along with other parts of British I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Alexander Dick, 3rd Baronet
Sir Alexander Dick, 3rd Baronet of Prestonfield PRCPE FRSE FSA (22 October 1703 – 10 November 1785) was a Scottish landowner and physician, who rose to be President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Life Dick was born Alexander Cunningham at Prestonfield House, Edinburgh, the 3rd son of Sir William Cunningham, 2nd Baronet of Lambrughton and Caprington, Ayrshire and his wife Janet Dick, the only daughter and heiress of Sir James Dick, 1st Baronet of Prestonfield, Edinburgh. He changed his surname to Dick on the death in 1746 of his elder brother William, when he inherited the baronetcy and Prestonfield. He was educated at the Edinburgh High School and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, the University of Leyden and the University of St Andrews. After qualifying as a physician he set up in practice in Pembrokeshire prior to his inheritance. He was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1727 and elected President of the Societ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Commissioners And Governors Of Sind In British India
The Commissioner for Province of Sind, later the Governor of Sind, was the most important government official in the province during British rule. There were 104 years of rule, out of which 89 years were under their authority. Sind was a part of the Bombay Presidency, earlier under Sir Charles Napier. However, in 1936 it became a separate province. Governor of Sindh * 1843–1847: Sir Charles Napier became the first ever Chief Commissioner and Governor of Sind. Commissioners for Sind Commissioners who served British India are as follows: *1847–1850: Robert Keith Pringle *1851–1859: Henry Bartle Edward Frere *1859–1862: Jonathan Duncan Inverarity *1862–1867: Samuel Mansfield *1867–1868: William Henry Havelock *1867–1877: William Lockyer Merewether *1877–1879: Francis Dawes Melville *1879–1887: Henry Napier Bruce Erskine *1887–1889: Charles Bradley Pritchard *1889–1891: Arthur Charles Trevor *1891–1900: Henry Evan Murchison James *1900–1902: Rob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Bartle Frere
Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, 1st Baronet, (29 March 1815 – 29 May 1884) was a Welsh British colonial administrator. He had a successful career in India, rising to become Governor of Bombay (1862–1867). However, as High Commissioner for Southern Africa (1877–1880), he implemented a set of policies which attempted to impose a British confederation on the region and which led to the overthrow of the Cape's first elected government in 1878 and to a string of regional wars, culminating in the invasion of Zululand (1879) and the First Boer War (1880–1881). The British Prime Minister, Gladstone, recalled Frere to London to face charges of misconduct; Whitehall officially censured Frere for acting recklessly. Early life Frere was born at Clydach House, Clydach, Monmouthshire, the son of Edward Frere, manager of Clydach Ironworks, and Mary Ann Green. His elder sister, Mary Anne Frere, was born circa 1802 in Clydach, and his younger sister, Frances Anne Frere, was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British East India Company Civil Servants
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1802 Births
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