Indian peers and baronets
Following the final collapse of the Mughal Empire in 1857 and the proclamation of the British Indian Empire, the British continued to maintain and recognise many of the old Mughal and Hindu styles and titles, introducing a compound honours system which awarded those titles along with British noble and aristocratic titles and knighthoods. Uniquely amongst the countries under British dominion, India was the sole country where British hereditary titles were conferred upon British subjects not of European ancestry. All British titles and honours became obsolete after the formation of the modern Republic of India in 1950, though they continue to be recognised by the British government. [citation needed] The Portuguese gave titles and created coats of arms for its
Indian Christian. These titles however lost their recognition after the Portuguese Revolution and start of the First Portuguese Republic
in 1910.
Indian nobility in the aristocracy of the United Kingdom and Portugal
Indian peerages
Extant
- who in 1908 became the first Indian to be appointed as Advocate-General of Bengal, and became the first Indian member of the Governor-General's Executive Council in 1909. He represented India at the Versailles Peace Conference in 1919. Knighted in the 1915 New Year Honours, he became the first Indian Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for India in 1919. Lord Sinha also became a member of the Imperial Privy Council. He became the first Indian Governor of Bihar and Odisha in 1920, the first Indian to be appointed a provincial governor by the British; however, he retired on health grounds in 1921 and died in 1928. The title is currently held by his great-grandson, Arup Kumar Sinha, 6th Baron Sinha, though he is currently not officially registered with the British College of Arms.
- Luis I, in his life.
- Dempo S.C.
- Christian. MLA Jitendra Deshprabhu and Pernem Municipal Council member and politician Vasudeva Deshprabhu are a direct descendants. Jitendra Deshprabhu had the title re-affirmed by Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganzaheir to the throne of Portugal in the 21st Century
Extinct
- Salcette. At the beginning of the 19th century, when a plague broke out, the Carvalho family settled in the beginning of the 19th century in the village of Camurlim. He was the son of Joaquim Salvador de Carvalho, one of the most eminent jurists of his time. He obtained a lawyer's license at just 20 years old, occupying various positions in the local administration and in Diu. As a journalist, he was editor-in-chief of the newspaper O Mensageiro and later of O Oriente , a newspaper that later merged into Gazeta de Bardez. In 1877 he founded A Pátria , which for many years occupied a distinguished place in the local press. As a politician, he was head of a large party that, for many years, dominated the councils of Bardez, affiliated to the “dynastic-left” association, founded in Portugal by Baron Freitas; and then in the Regenerator Party, then under the leadership of António de Serpa Pimentel. On 8/19/1893 he was awarded the title of Viscount of Bardez.
Indian baronets and fidalgos
A baronetcy is a British hereditary title which was granted to several Indians, all of whom were merchants, for their services to trade and commerce. The fidalgo is a Portuguese noble distinction granted to certain Goans who were lawyers, merchants and diplomats. These Christians were considered to be included in the Portuguese nobility.
Extant
- Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, 8th Baronet.
- Petit, of Petit Hall of Bombay. Created in 1890 for Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, a Parsi textiles merchant and entrepreneur. Under a special act, all successive heirs to the baronetcy adopt the first baronet's full name as their own. The title is currently held by Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 5th Baronet.
- Jehangir, of Bombay. Created in 1908 for Sir Jehangir Cowasji Jehangir Readymoney, a prominent Parsi industrialist. Under a special act, all successive heirs to the baronetcy adopt the first baronet's full name as their own. The title is currently held by Sir Cowasji Jehangir, 4th Baronet.
- Ebrahim, of Pabaney Villa of Bombay. Created in 1910 for Sir Currimbhoy Ebrahim, a prominent Gujarati Ismaili Muslim businessman and China trader, and the first Muslim to be granted a British hereditary title. Under a special act, all successive heirs of the first baronet adopt the first baronet's full name as their own. The title is currently held by Sir Currimbhoy Ebrahim, 4th Baronet.
- Sir Chinubhai Madhowlal Ranchhodlal, 1st Baronet, a Gujarati Hindu textile merchant and the first Hindu to be granted a British hereditary title. The title is currently held by Sir (Prashant) Chinubhai Madhowlal Ranchhodlal, 4th Baronet.
- Goan family to have multiple members granted with a coat of arms. The Pintos were a military family first in support of the Portuguese government before fighting a revolt for Independence, the famous Conspiracy of the Pintos, the earliest Independence revolt in Colonial India whose members included Abbé Faria, the inspiration of the mad monk in The Count of Monte Cristo. This was to fight for equal rights for Non European citizens of Portuguese India in the Catholic Church and government. The Pinto family were defeated in their revolt but went on to assist in the French Revolution before returning to Goa. The house of the Pintos today stands as Bosio Hospital in Candolim.
- Alvares of Margao. Created in 1798 for Pedro Antonio Alvares a descendant of Vincent Alvares a medical practitioner and chemist of his Majesty John V of Portugal. His descendant Jose Filipe Alvares was a confidant of Swami Vivekananda and assisted him in his studies about Christianity.
- Lusosphere (Portuguese speaking world) as "O Maior de todos" ("The Greatest of all Goans") and in the Indian mainland as "The Tilak of Goa". At his 25th death anniversary in 1963, the Instituto Vasco da Gama was renamed by its management to Institute Menezes Braganzain honour of his memory.
- Miranda of Loutolim. Created in 1872 for Constâncio do Rosário de Miranda of Loutolim. A soldier and warrior, his father Pedro Joaquim de Miranda was the Fiscal Administrador of the Novas Conquistas. His descendant is the famous cartoonist Mario Miranda
Extinct
- Baghdadi Jewish banker, merchant, philanthropist and member of the noted Sassoon family, who emigrated with his family from Baghdad to India in 1832. The title became extinct with the death of his grandson, the third baronet, in 1939.
- Sassoon, of Bombay. Created in 1909 for Sir Jacob Elias Sassoon (1843 – 22 October 1916), the elder son of Elias David Sassoon and a nephew of Sir Albert Abdullah David Sassoon. He had no children and was succeeded under a special remainder in the letters patent by his younger brother Edward. He was succeeded by Sir E. V. Sassoon. At his death in Bermuda in 1961 the baronetcy became extinct.
References
- ^ "No. 31196". The London Gazette. 21 February 1919. p. 2612.
- ^ "No. 22003". The London Gazette. 19 May 1857. p. 1770.
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