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'''George Dick ''' (1739 – 9 May 1818) was the [[Governor of Bombay]] from 26 November 1792 to 9 November 1795.<br />
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== Life ==<br />
Dick became a writer for the [[East India Company]] in 1759. At the time of his death he "had never been out of Bombay, except for an occasional trip to [[Bancoot]], for nearly sixty years."<ref>James Douglas, ''Glimpses of Old Bombay and Western India, with other papers'', 1900</ref> There is a tablet to his memory in [[St. Thomas Cathedral, Mumbai]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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*{{cite web<br />
|url=http://rajbhavan.maharashtra.gov.in/previous/default.htm <br />
|title=Previous Governors List <br />
|accessdate=2008-12-23 <br />
|publisher=[[Governor of Maharashtra]] <br />
|url-status=dead <br />
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206050259/http://rajbhavan.maharashtra.gov.in/previous/default.htm <br />
|archivedate=6 February 2009 <br />
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*{{Cite ODNB |title=Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in India (1616–2000) |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/theme/93241}}<br />
*{{cite book<br />
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ<br />
|author=Great Britain India Office<br />
|title=The India List and India Office List<br />
|volume=I<br />
|year=1819<br />
|publisher=Harrison<br />
|pages=125–7<br />
|accessdate=2008-10-09<br />
|ref=in}}<br />
*{{cite book<br />
|url=http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/greater_bombay/history.html#40<br />
|title=Greater Bombay District Gazetteer<br />
|series=Maharashtra State Gazetteers<br />
|volume=I<br />
|year=1986<br />
|accessdate=2008-08-13<br />
|publisher=[[Government of Maharashtra]]<br />
|ref=bom}}<br />
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{{Succession box | title=[[Governor of Bombay]] <br />
| before= [[The Hon. Maj. Gen. Sir Robert Abercromby K. B.|Robert Abercromby]]<br />
| after= [[John Griffith (Governor of Bombay)|John Griffith]]<br />
| years=1792–1795}}<br />
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