Sir Henry Willock (17901858) was a

lieutenant-colonel Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...

and the British Envoy to

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from 1815-1826. He was the chairman of 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 ...

(EIC) in 1844–45. Willock married Elizabeth Davis, daughter of EIC Director and orientalist

Samuel Davis Samuel or Sam Davis may refer to: * Samuel Davis (orientalist) (1760–1819), British orientalist and amateur artist * Samuel Davis (American politician) (1774–1831), U.S. representative from Massachusetts * Samuel Davis (Canadian politician) (19 ...

, in 1826.

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British East India Company Directors of the British East India Company British East India Company people 1790 births 1858 deaths 19th-century British businesspeople {{UK-business-bio-stub