Charles Eyre

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Calcutta
Resting placeSt. Anne Churchyard, Kew, England
OccupationColonial Administrator
Known forPresident of Fort William
SpouseMary Charnock
Fort William, c. 1760

Sir Charles Eyre (died 1729) was an administrator of the

President of Fort William.[1][self-published source?
]

Career

Fort William, Calcutta: a view from the inside, c. 1828

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

References

  1. ^ Provinces of British India, World Statesmen
  2. ^ Chattopadhyay, Basudeb (2012). "Fort William". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  3. ^ "The Governors Of Bengal", The Times, 9 October 1888, p.3, col.D.
  4. ^ Mentz, Søren. The English Gentleman Merchant at Work: Madras and the City of London 1660–1740 (Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2005), p. 134.
  5. ^ A Pilgrimage in Surrey, James S. Ogilvy, E. P. Dutton, New York, 1914
Political offices
Preceded by President of Bengal
12 August 1693 – January 1694
Succeeded by
Preceded by
none
Chief Agent of Bengal
January 1694 – 1698
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Agent of Bengal
December 1699 – 26 May 1700
Succeeded by
Preceded by
President of Bengal
26 May 1700 – 7 January 1701
Succeeded by