George Dick (1739 – 9 May 1818) was the
Governor of Bombay
Until the 18th century, Bombay consisted of seven islands separated by shallow sea. These seven islands were part of a larger archipelago in the Arabian sea, off the western coast of India. The date of city's founding is unclear—historians tr ...
from 26 November 1792 to 9 November 1795.
Dick became a writer for the
East India Company
The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southea ...
in 1759. At the time of his death he "had never been out of Bombay, except for an occasional trip to
Bancoot, for nearly sixty years."
[James Douglas, ''Glimpses of Old Bombay and Western India, with other papers'', 1900] There is a tablet to his memory in
St. Thomas Cathedral, Mumbai
St. Thomas Cathedral, Mumbai, is the 300-year old cathedral church of the Diocese of Mumbai of the Church of North India. It is named in honour of Saint Thomas the Apostle, who is believed to have first brought Christianity to India. The cathed ...
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1818 deaths
Governors of Bombay
1739 births
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