Liste der Direktoren der britischen Ostindien-Kompanie

Liste der Direktoren der britischen Ostindien-Kompanie.

Die jeweils 24 Direktoren wurden durch die Aktionäre gewählt. Das Geschäftsjahr der Honourable East India Company erstreckte sich von 1. April bis zum 31. März des folgenden Kalenderjahres.

Name	Amtsantritt	Amtsende	gestorben	Bemerkungen
Abraham Adams	1721	1739
Robert Adams	1736	1737
Patrick Alexander Vans Agnew	1833	1833	Juni 1842
Patrick Alexander Vans Agnew	1835	1842	Juni 1842
William Aislabie	1719	1726
Josias du Pré Alexander	1820	1839	Sep. 1839	M.P. Wahlkreis Old Sarum
Henry Alexander	1826	1853	Jan. 1861	M.P. Barnstaple
Alexander Allan	1814	1819	Okt. 1820	1. Baronet, of Kingsgate, M.P. Berwick
Major Edward Allen	1709	1709		Director of English Company
George Amyard	1760	1763	Aug. 1766
Jonathan Andrews	1709	1709		Knight, Director of English Company
Jonathan Andrews	1711	1711		Knight, Director of English Company
Jonathan Andrews	1712	1716		Knight, Director of English Company
William Astell	1807	1845	März 1847	1809: M.P. Bridgwater
John Harvey Astell	1851	1858
John Baillie	1823	1833	Mai 1833
William Baker	1741	1752
John Bance	1722	1730
John Alexander Bannerman	1807	1816		1817 ausgeschieden
Francis Baring	1779	1810	Okt. 1820	1. Baronet, of the City of London
Miles Barne	1733	1733
Miles Barne	1736	1739
Christopher Baron	1759	1759
Christopher Baron	1761	1767
Fitzwilliam Barrington	1759	1767
William Barwell	1753	1766
James Bateman	1709	1710		Knight, Director of English Company, Beigeordneter
William Butterworth Bayley	1834	1858	Mai 1860
Robert Baylis	1731	1732		Knight, Beigeordneter
Abraham Beake	1709	1709		Director of London Company
John Bebb	1805	1829		1830 ausgeschieden
Richard Becher	1775	1783
Justus Beck	1714	1714
William Bensley	1786	29. Juni 1900	Jan. 1810	1. Baronet, of Marylebone
Richard Benyon	1745	1748
William Betts	1709	1711
William Billers	1724	1742		Beigeordneter, 1727: Knight, 1734: Lord Mayor
Stephen Bisse	1732	1732
Stephen Bisse	1735	1741
Richard Blount	1730	1743
John Blunt	1709	1709
Charles Boddam	1769	1769
Charles Boddam	1772	1782
Edmund Boehm	1784	1787
Charles Boone	1729	1735
Benjamin Booth	1767	1783
Roberts Bootle	1741	1749		Captain
Roberts Bootle	1752	1753
Roberts Bootle	1759	1759
Jacob Bosanquet	1759	1759	1767
Jacob Bosanquet	1790	1827	1828	1827 ausgeschieden
Richard Bosanquet	1768	1772
Joseph Bosanquet	1785	1788
Richard Boulton	1718	1736		Capitain
Henry Crabb Boulton	1735	1773	Sep. 1773
John Boyd	1753	1764
Dodding Braddyll	1728	1748
William Baund	1745	1753
Robert Brisco	1712	1720
Robert Bristow	1716	1717
Captain John Browne	1714	1720		Captain
Director John Browne	1757	1763
Jeremiah Bryant	1841	1845	Juni 1845
John Smith-Burges	1791	1802	Mai 1803	1. Baronet, of East Ham
Christopher Burrow	1735	1761
Robert Burrow	1762	1764
Director Richard Burton	1741	1746
Robert Campbell	1817	1852	1858	1. Baronet, of Carrick Buoy
James Rivett-Carnac, 1. Baronet	1827	1839	1846	1836: Baronet, of Derby, M.P. Sandwich 1839: Gouverneur von Bombay
James Caulfield	1848	1851	Nov. 1852	Generalmajor C.B.
Charles Chambers Senior	1755	1757
Charles Chambers Senior	1763	1768
Charles Chambers Junior	1770	1773
Richard Chauncey	1737	1754
Thomas Cheap	1780	1793
Robert Child	1709	1720		1714: Beigeordneter; 1715: Knight
Francis Child	1718	1718		1722: Beigeordneter; 1732: Lord Mayor; 1733: Knight
William Stanley Clarke	1815	1843	Jan. 1844
Robert Clerk	1812	1815	Aug. 1815
Peter Cock	1725	1730
James Cockburn	1767	1772	1780	3. Baronet, of Cockburn
Richard Cooke (MP)	1709	1711		Director of the London Company
Charles Colborne	1734	1737
George Colebrooke	1767	1772	1809	2. Baronet, of Gatton, M.P. Arundel
John Cooke	1709	1734		Director of London Company
William Henry Cornelison	1713	1715
William Cotesworth	1710	1713		Director of English Company
Caleb Cotesworth	1721	1734		Doktor
Director John Cotton	1833	1853	Juli 1860	1850 ausgeschieden
Joseph Cotton	1795	1823		1823 ausgeschieden
John Coupland	1833	1853	Juli 1860
Thomas Coulson	1709	1712		Director of English Company
James Creed	1749	1749	Feb. 1762
James Creed	1755	1758	Feb. 1762
Joseph Creswicke	1765	1768	Juni 1772
Edward Holden Cruttenden	1765	1771	Juni 1771
George Cuming	1764	1782	Dez. 1787
George Cuming	1785	1788
Frederick Currie	1854	1858	Sep. 1875	1. Baronet, of Wickham Bishops
Peregrine Cust	1767	1769
Director Charles Cutts	1749	1754
Director Charles Cutts	1758	1766
James Daniell	1810	1824		trat im April 1825 zurück
Lionel Darell	1780	1803	1803	1800: Baronet
Samuel Davis	1810	1819	Juli 1819	Juli 1819
William Dawsonne	1710	1722		Director of English Company
Matthew Decker	1714	1732		1717: Baronet
George Dempster	1769	1772	Feb. 1818
William Dent	1851	1853	Dez. 1877
Thomas Dethick	1772	1772
William Devaynes	1770	1805		1802 M.P. Barnstaple
John Dorrien	1755	1763
Roger Drake	1738	1758	Juni 1762
John Drummond	1722	1733
Peter senior Ducane	1750	1753
Peter junior Ducane	1764	1773
George Dudley	1757	1767	Nov. 1777
George Dudley	1770	1771	Nov. 1778
Josias Du Pré	1765	1766
Dennis Dutry	1724	1727		Baronet
William Joseph Eastwick	1849	1858		Captain
John Ecclestone	1721	1735
John Edmonstone	1721	1735
Neil Benjamin Edmonstone	1820	1840
Russell Ellice	1832	1858
William Fullarton Elphinstone	1791	1824		Hon. Im April 1825 zurückgetreten
John Elwick	1713	1720
John Emmerson	1735	1745
Walter Ewer	1792	1795		1795 ausgeschieden
Francis Eyles	1709	1709		Director of English Company
John Eyles	1710	1713		1717: Baronet
John Eyles	1717	1720		1717: Baronet
Joseph Eyles	1714	1716
Joseph Eyles	1721	1721
Robert Townsend Farquhar	1826	1828	März 1830	Baronet, M.P. Hythe
Samuel Feake	1733	1751
Robert Cutlar Fergusson	1830	1834		1832 M.P. Kirkcudbright
Thomas Fitzhugh	1787	1800	Jan. 1800
John Fleet	1709	1711	Juli 1712	Knight, Director of London Company und Beigeordneter
Henry Fletcher	1769	1774		Baronet 1783
Henry Fletcher	1777	1785		Baronet 1783
Director John Forbes	1831	1839	Feb. 1846	M.P. Malmesbury
Abel Fonnereau	1749	1752
Zachary Philip Fonnereau	1753	1754
Simon Fraser	1793	1807	1807
William George Freeman	1769	1769
William George Freeman	1774	1781
Director John Fryer	1719	1719		Baronet, Beigeordneter
Archibald Galloway	1842	1849	Apr. 1850	K.C.B., 1849: Generalmajor
Director Edward Gibbon	1709	1711		Director of London Company
Richard Gildart	1759	1759
Leonhard Gill	1724	1732
Peter Godfrey	1710	1717
Peter Godfrey	1734	1760
William Gosselin	1714	1743
Director Richard Gough	1713	1720		Director of English Company, 1715: Knight
Richard Gough Senior	1730	1733		Captain
Richard Gough Senior	1736	1751		Captain
Richard Gough Junior	1735	1762
Charles Gough	1749	1762	Feb. 1774
John Gould Senior	1710	1712
John Gould Senior	1715	1735
John Gould Junior	1724	1735
Nathaniel Gould	1714	1714		Director of Engish Company
Charles Grant	1797	1823	Nov. 1823	1802: M.P. Inverness-shire
Director Robert Gregory	1769	1772
Director Robert Gregory	1775	1783
Henry Hadley	1757	1765
Richard Hall	1773	1789	Dez. 1786
Edward Harrison	1718	1731
John Harrison	1758	1771
John Harrison	1774	1782
Samuel Harrison	1759	1759	Mai 1765
Samuel Harrison	1761	1762
John Hawkesworth	1773	1773	Nov. 1773
Thomas Heat	1713	1715
Thomas Heat	1719	1721
John Heatcote	1716	1724
John Heatcote	1728	1731
Henry Heatcote	1725	1727
Joseph Herne	1719	1722
Frederick Herne	1709	1713
Nathaniel Herne	1710	1718		Director of London Company
William Hewer	1709	1712		Director of London Company
Director Joseph Hodges	1714	1716		1715: Baronet
Director William Hodges	1712	1712		Baronet
James Weir Hogg	1839	1858	Mai 1876	1846: Baronet, 1850: M.P. Honiton
John Hudlestone	1803	1826		1805 M.P. Bridgwater, 1826 ausgeschieden
Robert Hudson	1721	1729		Captain
Robert Hudson	1732	1734		Captain
Robert Hudson	1745	1748		Captain
Aleander Humme	1737	1748
William Humphreys	1711	1714		Beigeordneter
Director John Hunter	1781	1802	Dez. 1802
Joseph Hurlock	1768	1768
Joseph Hurlock	1770	1773
Michael Imply	1736	1747
Hugh Inglis	1784	1812	1812	1801: Baronet, 1802: M.P. Ashburton (Devon)
John Inglis	1803	1821	Aug. 1822
Director James Irwin	1797	1800	März 1799
William Adair Jackson	1803	1804	Juni 1820
John Jackson	1804	1807	1820	1808: M.P. Dover, 1815: 1. Baronet, of Arlsey
Director William James	1768	1786	Dez. 1783	1779: Baronet
Abraham Janssen	1725	1728
Director Richard Jenkins	1833	1853	30. Dez. 1853	1837: M.P. Shrewsbury, 1839: G.C.B.
Henry Kelsey	1709	1712
Henry Kelsey	1715	1727
Peter Lascelles	1737	1745
Paul Lemesurier	1784	1802	1806	Beigeordneter, 1794: Lord Mayor
Paul Lemesurier	1805	1805	1806	Beigeordneter, 1794: Lord Mayor
Director Hugh Lindsay	1814	1844	Mai 1844	1826: M.P. Forfar
Nicholas Linwood	1749	1754
John Loch	1821	1853
John Lock	1733	1733		Knight
Edward Loribond	1736	1737
John Lumsden	1817	1818	Dez. 1818
James Law Lushington	1827	1853	Mai 1859	1827: M.P. Carlisle, 1830: C.B., 1837: Generalmajor und K.C.B. , 1847: G.C.B.
Stephen Lushington	1782	1782	Jan. 1807	1792: Baronet, 1802: M.P. Carlisle, 1802: M.P. Penrhyn
George Lyall	1830	1850		1842: M.P. London, 1851 ausgeschieden.
Henry Lyall	1710	1730		Director of English Company
Baltzar Lyall	1723	1740
William Mabbott	1741	1756		Captain
Elliot Macnaghten	1842	1858
Ross Donnelly Mangles	1847	1858	Aug. 1877	M.P. Guildford
John Manship	1755	1758		1809 ausgeschieden
John Manship	1762	1809		1809 ausgeschieden
Campbell Marjoribanks	1807	1840	Sep. 1840
Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks	1853	1853
John Masterman	1824	1853		1842: M.P. London
John Masterman	1732	1740		1842: M.P. London
George Mathew	1710	1713		Knight
Richar Mead	1709	1712		Knight
William Henry Leslie Melville	1845	1855		Honrable
Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe	1789	1812	Nov. 1813	1802: M.P. Abingdon (Oxfordshire), 1803: Baronet;
Robert Michell	1712	1718
John Michie	1770	1780	Nov. 1788
John Michie	1783	1791
George Millet	1806	1812	1812
Charles Mills Senior	1778	1781		1802: M.P. Warwick; März 1815: ausgeschieden
Charles Mills Senior	1793	1815		1802: M.P. Warwick; 1815: ausgeschieden
Charles Mills Junior	1823	1858	1872	1868: Knight
William Mills	1778	1785		August 1785 ausgeschieden
James Moffat	1774	1782	Dez. 1790
James Moffat	1787	1790
William Money	1789	1797	Feb. 1796
William Taylor Money	1818	1825		M.P. Royal Wootton Bassett, 1826: ausgeschieden
Arthur Moore	1709	1709		Director of London Company
James Arthur Moore	1850	1853	Juli 1860	Mayor
John Morris	1814	1837		1838 ausgeschieden
John Motteux	1769	1769
John Motteux	1784	1787
John Petty Muspratt	1824	1853	Aug. 1855
Nathaniel Newnham	1738	1758	Feb. 1760
Robert Nightingale	1712	1722		1715: Knight
James Oliphant	1844	1856	Juni 1881	Mayor, 1856: Lieutenant Col.
Director Edward Owen	1722	1729
Ambrose Page	1714	1714
Gregory Page Senior	1709	1722		Director of London Company, 1715: Knight
Gregory Page Junior	1719	1722
Peter Paggen	1709	1709		Captain
John Pardoe	1765	1768
Edward Parry	1800	1826	Juli 1827
Richard Parry	1815	1816	Juli 1817
Thomas Parry	1783	1806	1806
James Pattison	1806	1829		1830 ausgeschieden
Thomas Pattle	1787	1795		Im April 1795 ausgeschieden
John Payne	1741	1757
Samuel Peach	1773	1784
Charles Peers	1712	1714		Director of English Company und Beigeordneter.
Thomas Phipps	1742	1758
Frederick Pigou	1758	1776
Henry Plaut	1742	1758
Richard Chicheley Plowden	1803	1829	Feb. 1830
William Henry Chicheley Plowden	1841	1853	März 1880
George Pollock (General)	1854	1858	Okt. 1872	Generalleutnant G.C.B.
William Pomeroy	1736	1744
Charles Elton Prescott	1820	1832	Juni 1832
Henry Thoby Prinsep	1850	1858	Feb. 1872
John Purling	1763	1771
John Purling	1777	1780
George Raikes	1817	1836		1836 ausgeschieden
John Goldsborough Ravenshaw	1819	1839	Juni 1840
Henry Creswicke Rawlinson	1856	1858	März 1895	Lieut.-Col, K.C.B
Johnes Raymond	1734	1757
John Raymond	1757	1760	1768
Director Thomas Reid	1805	1824	März 1824	1824: Baronet
Abraham Robarts	1788	1814		1802: M.P. Worcester, 1815 ausgeschieden
John Roberts	1764	1772	Feb. 1810
John Roberts	1775	1778
John Roberts	1784	1787
John Roberts	1790	1808
Archibald Robertson	1841	1841	Juni 1847	Generalmajor
Archibald Robertson	1844	1847	Juni 1847	Generalmajor
George Abercrombie Robinson	1808	1829		1813: M.P. Honiton, 1825: Baronet, 1829 ausgeschieden
Benjamin Rokeby	1720	1720
Giles Rooke	1758	1764
Thomas Rous	1745	1771	Juli 1771
Thomas Bates Rous	1773	1779
Thomas Rumbold	1772	1778
Thomas Saunders	1757	1757
Thomas Saunders	1765	1767
Charles Savage	1725	1728
Charles Savage	1731	1731		ausgeschieden, da er einen Teil seiner Aktien aus dem Unternehmen nahm
Director John Savage	1733	1733
Henry Savage	1755	1762
Henry Savage	1765	1767
Henry Savage	1770	1782
William Scawen	1710	1711		Director of English Company, Knight
David Scott	1793	1801		1819: Baronet, 1820: ausgeschieden
David Scott	1814	1819		1819: Baronet, 1820: ausgeschieden
Luke Scrafton	1765	1768
Richard Seward	1759	1763
Henry Shank	1831	1853
John Shepherd	1836	1858	Jan. 1859
Director Francis Shepherd	1712	1714
Samuel Shepherd	1709	1710		Director of English Company
Samuel 2 Shepherd	1717	1719
George Smith	1797	1832		1802: M.P. Midhurst, 1833 ausgeschieden
John Smith	1773	1789
Joshua Smith	1771	1772
Martin Tucker Smith	1840	1858	Okt. 1880	1848: M.P. Wycombe
Director Nathaniel Smith	1774	1795
Richard Smith	1759	1764
Samuel Smith	1783	1786
William Snell	1742	1764
William Snell	1767	1769
Joseph Sparkes	1773	1789	März 1790
John Stables	1774	1781
William Steele	1742	1748
George Steevens	1757	1763	1763
John Stephenson	1705	1768	Apr. 1794
William Stewart	1716	1719		Beigeordneter
James Stuart	1826	1833	Apr. 1833	M. P. Huntington
John Styleman	1716	1718
Laurence Sulivan	1755	1758	Feb. 1786
Laurence Sulivan	1760	1764
Laurence Sulivan	1769	1772
Laurence Sulivan	1778	1781
Laurence Sulivan	1783	1783
William Henry Sykes	1840	1858	Juni 1872	1857: Oberst
George Tatem	1772	1784	Juli 1807
George Tatem	1788	1801
John Bladen Taylor	1810	1819	1819
George Woodford Thelusson	1799	1807	Dez. 1811
Simon Theunemans	1720	1732
St. Quention Thompson	1720	1732
John Thornhill	1816	1840	Feb. 1841
John Thornton	1749	1750
Robert Thornton	1790	1813		1802: M.P. Colchester
William Thornton	1759	1764
William Thornton 2	1800	1805
Sweny Toone	1800	1830		1831 ausgeschieden
Nicholas Tourton	1710	1712		Director of London Company
John Townson	1785	1798	Apr. 1797
Director John Travers	1786	1809	Okt. 1809
Elihu Trenchfield	1723	1723
Henry St. George Tucker	1826	1851	Juni 1851
Timothy Tullie	1750	1763	Aug. 1765
Edward Turner	1717	1718
Edward Turner	1721	1723
Wichcott Turner	1742	1755
Richard Twining	1810	1816		1817 ausgeschieden
Gerrard Van Neck	1729	1731
Henry Vansittart	1769	1769	1770
Harry Verelst	1771	1771	1785
John Hussey Vivian	1856	1858		Generalmajor, K.C.B.
John Walker	1732	1732
James Wallis	1714	1716
Thomas Walpole	1753	1754
Bourchier Walton	1759	1762	Juni 1779
Director Edward Ward	1762	1762	Sep. 1762
John Ward Senior	1709	1711		Beigeordneter und Director of the English Company
John Ward Senior	1718	1718		Beigeordneter und Director of the English Company
John Ward Junior	1712	1715
John Ward Junior	1718	1726
Francis Warden	1838	1851		1851 ausgeschieden
Richard Warner	1760	1763
Thomas Waters	1759	1762	Sep. 1764
William Webber	1762	1765	Apr. 1779
Edward Wheler	1765	1777
John Clarmont Whiteman	1844	1852	Aug. 1866
Daniel Wier	1768	1776
William Wigram	1809	1812		1810: M.P. New Ross, 1825: M.P. Wexford
William Wigram	1815	1853		1810: M.P. New Ross, 1825: M.P. Wexford
Jacob Wilkinson	1782	1785
Director Stephen Williams	1791	1804	März 1805
Robert Williams	1809	1812	Juli 1812
Henry Willock	1838	1858		K.L.S.
John Pollard Willoughby	1854	1858	Sep. 1866	1857: M.P. Leominster
William Willy	1746	1754
Director James Winter	1737	1754		Captain
William Withers	1709	1709
Director George Wombwell	1766	1768	Nov. 1780	1780: Baronet
Director George Wombwell	1755	1783		1780: Baronet
John Woodhouse	1768	1781
John Woodhouse	1788	1791
Josias Senior Wordsworth	1712	1739
Josias Junior Wordsworth	1721	1736

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Einzelnachweise

1. Record of services of the honourable East India Company in the Madras Presidency from 1741 to 1858. Trübner & Co., Ludgate Hill, London 1885; Textarchiv – Internet Archive.