George Foxcroft
George Foxcroft | |
|---|---|
| Agent of Fort St George (Madras) | |
| Preceded by | William Langhorn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1634 |
| Died | 26 February 1715 |
George Foxcroft (c. 1634โ26 February 1715) was the ninth administrator of the colony of
Fort St George". The company's letter constituting the Madras Agent and Council "Our Governor and Agent and Consul in Fort St George" and empowering them to execute judgment in all cases, civil and criminal, was occasioned by the difficulty that arose as to the jurisdiction of the Madras officials over capital cases. This difficulty was solved by the new title and "to modern occupants of the gubernatorial chair it is probably unknown that they owe their designation to a Madras murder."[2]
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