Governor of Bombay

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The Governor of Bombay was the British Crown’s chief executive authority in the Bombay Presidency, overseeing colonial administration and governance in western India.

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Generate an image of the Governor of Bombay (The Governor of Bombay was the British Crown’s chief executive authority in the Bombay Presidency, overseeing colonial administration and governance in western India.)

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Label Occurrences
Governor of Bombay canonical 9
Governor of Bombay Presidency 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial administrative office ⓘ
viceregal office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Bombay Province ⓘ
linked to: Bombay Presidency

British India ⓘ
appointedBy Board of Control ⓘ
British Crown ⓘ
Court of Directors of the East India Company ⓘ
linked to: Court of Directors

Viceroy of India ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
flag Union Jack (as colonial symbol) ⓘ
linked to: Union Flag
followed Governor of Bombay under the East India Company ⓘ
followedBy Governor of Bombay Province ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Aden Settlement (for part of the 19th century) ⓘ
linked to: Aden

Deccan region (parts) ⓘ
linked to: Deccan region

Gujarat region ⓘ
linked to: Gujarat

Konkan region ⓘ
linked to: Konkan

Sind (for part of the 19th century) ⓘ
linked to: Sind
location Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Western India ⓘ
officeAbolished 1947 ⓘ
officeCreated 1668 ⓘ
officeCreatedBy English East India Company ⓘ
officeCreatedUnder charter of Charles II ⓘ
officeHolderRank Governor ⓘ
officeType chief executive authority ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British India
positionHeldBy Bartle Frere ⓘ
linked to: Henry Bartle Frere

Frederick Sykes ⓘ
George Sydenham Clarke ⓘ
Gerald Aungier ⓘ
Henry Bartle Edward Frere ⓘ
linked to: Henry Bartle Frere

James Fergusson ⓘ
John Colville ⓘ
John Elphinstone ⓘ
Jonathan Duncan ⓘ
Mark Cubbon ⓘ
Mountstuart Elphinstone ⓘ
William Elphinstone ⓘ
precededBy Portuguese governors of Bombay (under Portuguese rule) ⓘ
replacedBy Governor of Bombay State ⓘ
reportsTo Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India

Secretary of State for India ⓘ
residence Government House, Malabar Hill ⓘ
residenceCountry India ⓘ
responsibleFor colonial administration ⓘ
implementation of imperial policy ⓘ
law and order ⓘ
revenue collection ⓘ
seat Bombay ⓘ
linked to: Mumbai

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bombay Legislative Council → subordinateTo → Governor of Bombay ⓘ
Kathiawar Agency → supervisedBy → Governor of Bombay Presidency ⓘ
linked to: Governor of Bombay
Henry Bartle Frere → positionHeld → Governor of Bombay ⓘ
Rewa Kantha Agency → subordinateTo → Governor of Bombay ⓘ
Governor of Madras → comparableTo → Governor of Bombay ⓘ
James Fergusson → positionHeld → Governor of Bombay ⓘ
George Ambrose Lloyd → positionHeld → Governor of Bombay ⓘ
Municipal Commissioner of Bombay → subordinateTo → Governor of Bombay Presidency ⓘ
linked to: Governor of Bombay
Palanpur Agency → subordinateTo → Governor of Bombay ⓘ
Commissioner of Sind → subordinateTo → Governor of Bombay ⓘ