Court of Proprietors

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The Court of Proprietors was the general assembly of shareholders of the British East India Company, holding ultimate authority over major corporate and political decisions in the company’s rule of India.

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Generate an image of the Court of Proprietors (The Court of Proprietors was the general assembly of shareholders of the British East India Company, holding ultimate authority over major corporate and political decisions in the company’s rule of India.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf governing body ⓘ
organ of the British East India Company ⓘ
shareholders' assembly ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British East India Company ⓘ
associatedWith British colonialism in India ⓘ
Company rule in India ⓘ
composedOf proprietors of East India Company stock ⓘ
shareholders of the British East India Company ⓘ
couldDismiss directors of the British East India Company ⓘ
couldElect directors of the British East India Company ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act 1873 ⓘ
Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
dissolvedIn 1874 ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion ownership of a qualifying amount of East India Company stock ⓘ
exercisedAuthorityOver Company charters and privileges ⓘ
Company dividends ⓘ
Company finances ⓘ
Company policy in India ⓘ
appointment of key Company officials ⓘ
approval of major treaties ⓘ
approval of major wars ⓘ
fieldOfWork colonial administration ⓘ
corporate governance ⓘ
imperial policy in India ⓘ
trade regulation ⓘ
hadSubOrganization General Court of Proprietors ⓘ
Special Court of Proprietors ⓘ
hasRole general assembly of shareholders ⓘ
political decision‑making body for Company rule in India ⓘ
supreme corporate authority of the British East India Company ⓘ
interactedWith Board of Control ⓘ
British Parliament ⓘ
Court of Directors ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
location East India House, London ⓘ
linked to: East India House

London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
oversaw Court of Directors ⓘ
parentOrganization British East India Company ⓘ
partOf British East India Company ⓘ
significantEvent abolition of the British East India Company in 1874 ⓘ
loss of political powers after the Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
subordinateTo British Parliament in matters defined by statute ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ

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British East India Company → governanceStructure → Court of Proprietors ⓘ
Court of Proprietors → hadSubOrganization → General Court of Proprietors ⓘ
linked to: Court of Proprietors
Court of Proprietors → hadSubOrganization → Special Court of Proprietors ⓘ
linked to: Court of Proprietors