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'''George Weldon''' (died 1697) was an English merchant and the [[Deputy Governor]] of Bombay.

==Life==
John Ovington described Weldon as "a gentleman well descended".<ref>{{cite book|author=John Ovington|title=A Voyage to Suratt: In the Year, 1689|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NmpCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA155|year=1696|publisher=Tonson|page=155}}</ref> According to one source, he was Deputy Governor of Bombay from 1688, succeeding on the death of [[Sir John Wyborne]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/crownandcompany00unkngoog#page/n127/mode/1up/|title=Crown and Company, the historical records of the 2nd Batt. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, formerly the 1st Bombay European Regiment|last=Mainwaring|first=Arthur Edward |author2=Harold Carmichael Wylly|work=[[Internet Archive]]|publisher=A. L. Humphreys|volume=I|page=77|accessdate=31 March 2016|location=London}}</ref> Another source puts John Vaux, and George Cooke who died, between Wyborne and Weldon, who was Deputy Governor from 1690.<ref name="DaCunha">{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/originbombay00cunhgoog#page/n329/mode/1up|title=The Origin of Bombay|last=Cunha|first=Joseph Gerson da|year=1900|work=[[Internet Archive]]|publisher=Society's Library|page=324|accessdate=31 March 2016|location=Bombay}}</ref>

In 1689 Weldon, described as a [[factor (agent)|factor]], was sent to [[Vasai]] (Bassein) with Abraham Navarro, by [[Sir John Child, 1st Baronet]] as Governor. The mission was to treat for terms with the [[Mughals]]; Child died in 1690 before they returned to Bombay.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/bombayinthedayso011731mbp#page/n55/mode/1up|title=Bombay In The Days Of Queen Anne, Second Series Volume LXXII|last=Burnell|first=John|year=1933|work=[[Internet Archive]]|publisher=Hakluyt Society|pages=18 note|accessdate=31 March 2016|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=William Bolts|author-link=William Bolts|title=Considerations on India Affairs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EVjM6P0orScC&pg=PA59|year=1998|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-15520-5|pages=59–}}</ref> [[Aurangzeb]] settled the state of war that had existed with the [[East India Company]] in February 1690, on heavy conditions.<ref>{{cite book|author=Brijen Kishore Gupta|title=Sirajuddaullah and the East India Company, 1756-1757: Background to the Foundation of British Power in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o-MUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA5|year=1962|publisher=Brill Archive|pages=5–|id=GGKEY:RS7D7HRH8KA}}</ref>
Weldon died on his voyage back to England and was buried in [[Mauritius]] in 1697.

==Family==
Weldon married Susannah, the widow of Sir John Child, in 1692; she was the daughter of Captain John Shaxton or Shackstone, a previous Deputy Governor.<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=5289|first= I. B.|last=Watson|title=Child, Sir John}}</ref>

==Legacy==
Susannah Weldon erected a monument on his grave that served as a landmark for shipping. Its location became known as Baie du Tombeau (Tomb Bay), which may refer to Weldon's monument, or an earlier loss of Dutch ships there in 1615.<ref>{{cite book|author=Martine Maurel|title=Mauritius|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spfmSNAzY38C&pg=PA40|date=February 2007|publisher=New Holland Publishers|isbn=978-1-84537-647-5|page=40}}</ref>

==References==
*''Dictionnaire toponymique de l'Île Maurice'', Société de l'histoire de l'Île Maurice 1997, article "Baie du Tombeau"

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