William Fytche

William Fytche
William Fytche
	Portrait by Thomas Hudson (1752)
Born	1716
Died	10 August 1753
Occupation	Colonial Administrator
Known for	President of Bengal

William Fytche (1716 – 10 August 1753)

English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the mid-eighteenth century.^[2] He was one of the last administrators before the Battle of Plassey allowed the company to firmly establish its rule

in India.

Biography

Fytche was the youngest son of

Gentleman's Magazine in 1794, he had been in India for 21 years.^[6]

Family

Fytche married Lucia Beard on 25 February 1744 at

Lewis Disney, who then changed his name to Lewis Disney Fytche.^[8]

Fytche died of dysentery at the age of 35. After Fytche's death Lucia married William McGuire, having a son and a daughter with him.[9]

Political offices
Preceded by Adam Dawson	President of Bengal 5 July – 8 August 1752	Succeeded by Roger Drake

References

^ "Essex Record Office Level: Category Illustrations Level: Fonds Mint Portraits". Retrieved 10 August 2015.
^ Provinces of British India - World Statesmen
^ "Fytche (Fitch), William (c.1671-1728), of Danbury Place, Essex, History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 14 August 2015.
^ Fytche, Albert (1878). "Burma past and present, with personal reminiscences of the country". Internet Archive. C. Kegan Paul & Co. p. 15. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
^ Edward Backhouse Eastwick (1859). Madras. J. Murray. p. 80.
^ The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. E. Cave. 1794. p. 955.
^ Harwood, H. W. Forsyth (1904). "The Genealogist". Internet Archive. p. 104. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
^ "Publications of the Harleian Society: The visitations of Essex by Hawley, 1552; Hervey, 1558; Cooke, 1570; Raven, 1612; and Owen and Lilly, 1634 : to which are added miscellaneous Essex pedigrees from various Harleian manuscripts, and an appendix containing Berry's Essex pedigrees". Internet Archive. 1879. p. 657. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
^ Burke, Bernard (1879). "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland". p. 118. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

[1] "Essex Record Office Level: Category Illustrations Level: Fonds Mint Portraits". Retrieved 10 August 2015.

[2] Provinces of British India - World Statesmen

[3] "Fytche (Fitch), William (c.1671-1728), of Danbury Place, Essex, History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 14 August 2015.

[4] Fytche, Albert (1878). "Burma past and present, with personal reminiscences of the country". Internet Archive. C. Kegan Paul & Co. p. 15. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

[5] Edward Backhouse Eastwick (1859). Madras. J. Murray. p. 80.

[6] The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. E. Cave. 1794. p. 955.

[7] Harwood, H. W. Forsyth (1904). "The Genealogist". Internet Archive. p. 104. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

[8] "Publications of the Harleian Society: The visitations of Essex by Hawley, 1552; Hervey, 1558; Cooke, 1570; Raven, 1612; and Owen and Lilly, 1634 : to which are added miscellaneous Essex pedigrees from various Harleian manuscripts, and an appendix containing Berry's Essex pedigrees". Internet Archive. 1879. p. 657. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

[9] Burke, Bernard (1879). "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland". p. 118. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

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