Charles Eyre
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Sir Charles Eyre
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Resting place | St. Anne Churchyard, Kew, England |
Occupation | Colonial Administrator |
Known for | President of Fort William |
Spouse | Mary Charnock |
Sir Charles Eyre (died 1729) was an administrator of the
President of Fort William.[1][self-published source?
]
Career
While in office, Eyre started work on
Madras).[3]
As a merchant, Eyre amassed a fortune of 23,000 Pagodas, which through the ingenuity of Thomas Pitt he converted into diamonds to take back with him to England in 1702, having first been ensured a sum of £13,800 through a bill of exchange.[4] His will was proved on 23 October 1729.
Personal life
Eyre was from
Honourable East India Company and one of the first governors of the new Bank of England.[5] He was a knight. Eyre was also one of the contributors to the founding of St Anne's Church
in Kew in 1714.
See also
- List of rulers of Bengal
- List of governors of Bengal Presidency
- History of Bengal
- History of Bangladesh
- History of India
References
- ^ Provinces of British India, World Statesmen
- ^ Chattopadhyay, Basudeb (2012). "Fort William". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ "The Governors Of Bengal", The Times, 9 October 1888, p.3, col.D.
- ^ Mentz, Søren. The English Gentleman Merchant at Work: Madras and the City of London 1660–1740 (Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2005), p. 134.
- ^ A Pilgrimage in Surrey, James S. Ogilvy, E. P. Dutton, New York, 1914