William Wake (died 1750) was Governor of
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- ...
for the 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 Southea ...
from 26 November 1742 to 17 November 1750.
He married Elizabeth Elwin (d.1759), a daughter of Fountain Elwin of
Thurning, Norfolk, where she is buried. Two mural monuments, one to Wake the other to his wife, survive in St Andrew's Church, Thurning. He had issue an only daughter:
[As stated on monument in St Andrew's Church, Thurning]
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Margaret Wake (c.1732-1819), wife of Col.
William Tryon (1729-1788), Governor of the Province of North Carolina (1765–1771) and of the Province of New York (1771–1780).
Wake died in 1750 in South Africa during his return voyage to England.
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Governors of Bombay
Year of birth unknown
1750 deaths
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