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SIR JOHN CHILD (d. 1690)

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 135 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR See also:JOHN See also:CHILD (d. 1690)  , See also:governor of Bombay, and in fact if not in name the first governor-See also:general of the See also:British settlements in See also:India, was See also:born in See also:London . He was sent as a little boy to his See also:uncle, the See also:chief of the factory at Rajapur; and in 1682 was appointed chief of the See also:East India See also:Company's affairs at See also:Surat and Bombay, while at the same See also:time his See also:brother, See also:Sir See also:Josiah See also:Child (q.v.), was governor of the company at See also:home .

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