Josiah Webbe (April 1767 – 9 November 1804) was an

English 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 Southe ...

servant who worked as Chief Secretary at Madras and as a Resident at Mysore and later in the court of the Maharaja of Scindia. Webbe was the son of George Webbe of Nevis and Mary Fenton Dasent and entered the service of the East India Company as a writer on July 26, 1783. His ability to deal with Indian languages made him popular. He advised against hostile actions towards

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which displeased Lord Mornington and the directors of the East India Company leading to his removal from the service of Arthur Wellesley. In 1803, he was posted Resident to the newly acquired kingdom of Mysore and the next year, he was posted by Wellesley to the Court of the Maharaja of Scindia in Gwalior. He died at Hussainabad on the banks of Narmada. A monolithic granite obelisk to him was erected at

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by Dewan Purnaiah. A monument by

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was installed at St. Mary's Church in Fort St. George. Webbe left his wealth to his sister Fanny Francklyn (née Webbe). File:Granite_Obelisk_at_Seringapatam_engraving_by_William_Miller_after_Capt_T_Frazer.jpg, Webbe Memorial - Obelisk at Srirangapatnam File:Josiah_Webbe_memorial.jpg, Monument by John Flaxman

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Webbe, Josiah 1767 births 1804 deaths British East India Company civil servants