Jonathan Duncan (Governor of Bombay)

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The tomb in St. Thomas Cathedral, Mumbai

Jonathan Duncan (15 May 1756 – 11 August 1811) was Governor of Bombay from 27 December 1795 until his death in 1811.

A portrait by an unknown Indian artist c. 1800

He began his career in India in 1772, and in 1788 was appointed superintendent and resident at Benares by 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).

In 1791 he started the 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.)

His illegitimate son, also named Jonathan Duncan,^[1] was an advocate of reforming the monetary system.

Footnotes[edit]

↑ 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.

External links[edit]

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Stephens, Henry Morse (1888). "Duncan, Jonathan (1756-1811)" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 16. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 170.

Political offices
Preceded by John Griffith	Governor of Bombay 1795–1811	Succeeded by George Brown

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[1] 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.

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