Sir Jehangir Cowasji Jehangir Readymoney, 1st Baronet, (8 June 1853 – 26 July 1934) was a prominent member of the

Bombay Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

Parsi Parsis () or Parsees are an ethnoreligious group of the Indian subcontinent adhering to Zoroastrianism. They are descended from Persians who migrated to Medieval India during and after the Arab conquest of Iran (part of the early Muslim conq ...

community. He was the nephew and heir to the childless Sir Cowasji Jehangir ''Readymoney'' (1812–1878). He married Dhunbai (b. 1860 – d. 1940), daughter of Ardeshir Hormusjee Wadia of the

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, another wealthy Bombay-based Parsi family. Jehangir Cowasji Jehangir Readymoney was knighted in 1895 and created baronet in 1908. He was succeeded by Sir Cowasji Jehangir Readymoney, 2nd Bt. (1879–1962), who however dropped the 'Readymoney' sobriquet.

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* 1853 births 1934 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Knights Bachelor Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Indian baronets Parsi people from Mumbai {{UK-baronet-stub