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| {{other people||Jonathan Duncan (disambiguation){{!}}Jonathan Duncan}}
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| [[file:Mumbai, cattedrale anglicana di st. thomas, interno, monumenti funebri, jonathan duncan, 1817.jpg|thumb|The tomb in [[St. Thomas Cathedral, Mumbai]]]] | |
| '''Jonathan Duncan''' (15 May 1756 – 11 August 1811) was [[Governor]] of [[History of Bombay under British rule|Bombay]] from 27 December 1795 until his death in 1811.
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| [[File:Jonathan_Duncan_c_1800.jpg|thumb|left|A portrait by an unknown Indian artist c. 1800]]
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| He began his career in India in 1772, and in 1788 was appointed superintendent and resident at [[Varanasi|Benares]] by [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Lord Cornwallis]], where he helped stamp out the practice of infanticide. In 1795, he became governor of Bombay, and held that post for the rest of his life (nearly sixteen years).
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| In 1791 he started the [[Government Sanskrit College, Varanasi|Sanskrit College at Benares]] to promote the study of Hindu laws and philosophy in Banaras. (In 1958 the Sanskrit College became a university and in 1974 the name was changed to [[Sampurnanand Sanskrit University]].)
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| His illegitimate son, also named [[Jonathan Duncan (currency reformer)|Jonathan Duncan]],<ref>Matthew, H.C.G., "Duncan, Jonathan, the younger (1799–1865)", in Matthew, H.C.G. & Harrison, B.H. (eds.), ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: In Association with the British Academy: from the Earliest Times to the Year 2000'', Oxford University Press, (Oxford), 2004.</ref> was an advocate of reforming the monetary system.
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| *{{UK National Archives ID}}
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| *{{cite DNB|last=Stephens|first=Henry Morse|wstitle=Duncan, Jonathan (1756-1811)|volume=16|page=170}}
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