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| name = Nathaniel Elwick<br />
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| office = President of [[Fort St. George, India|Fort St. George]], [[Chennai|Madras]]<br />
| term_start = 15 October 1721<br />
| term_end = 15 January 1725<br />
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| predecessor = [[Francis Hastings of Madras|Francis Hastings]]<br />
| successor = [[James Macrae]]<br />
| birth_date = 1675<br />
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| death_date = 1750<br />
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| signature = Elwick sign.jpg<br />
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'''Nathaniel Elwick''' (February 1675 – 1750) was a [[British people|British]] merchant who served as the President of [[Fort St. George, India|Fort St. George]] from 15 October 1721 to 15 January 1725.<ref name="governors_fortstgeorge">{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_BrProvinces.htm#Madras|title=List of Governors of Madras|publisher=worldstatesmen.org|accessdate=2008-09-30}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
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Nathaniel Elwick was born to John Elwick and Judith Crisp.<ref name="nathanielelwick_bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.elwick.info/heroes.htm#NATHANIEL%20ELWICK%201675-1750|title=Nathaniel Elwick 1675-1750|publisher=Elwick Family Website|accessdate=2008-09-30}}</ref> He was baptized on 13 February 1675 and completed his schooling at Merchant Taylor's School in [[London]].<br />
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== Envoy to China ==<br />
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As both of his brothers, Thomas Elwick and John Elwick were both Directors of the [[Great Britain|British]] [[East India Company]], Nathaniel was sent to [[China]] in 1713 as the official envoy.<br />
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== Governor of Madras ==<br />
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Two months from the commencement of Elwick's tenure, his predecessor [[Francis Hastings of Madras|Francis Hastings]] died. Hastings' ''dubash'' Mar Kistna was arrested on 8 September 1722 on charges of [[extortion]] and non-payment of [[debt]]s. He was imprisoned in the Fort until 11 December 1722 and released only when he had managed to settle his [[debt]]s.<br />
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The privileged [[Armenia]]n community of [[Chennai|Madras]] carried out a flourishing trade with the [[France|French]] settlement of [[Pondicherry|Puducherry]]. However, this trade was forbidden by Elwick and he considered any sort of foreign trade as detrimental to the interests of the [[Great Britain|British]] [[East India Company]].<br />
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[[Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asaf Jah I|Cheen Kulich Khan]], the [[Nizam]] of [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] defeated the [[Nawab of the Carnatic]] in June 1724 and proceeded towards [[Gingee]] causing severe apprehensions among the [[Great Britain|British]] authorities in Madras. The same month, the [[Afghanistan|Afghans]] laid siege to the town of [[Shiraz]] in [[Persia]] thereby effectively cutting off the supply of [[Madeira wine]] to the factory of Madras.<br />
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