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| ⚫ | '''Bartholomew Harris''' (died at [[Surat]] on 10 May 1694) was an English governor in India. After [[Sir John Child, 1st Baronet]] was appointed governor of [[Bombay]] in May 1687, Harris assumed the former office of Child as president of the English factory in Surat. After Child's death on 4 February 1690, Harris also assumed the Bombay presidency, even though he chose to stay in Surat, where he died on 10 May 1694. Harris was buried at the English Cemetery north of Surat near the Variav Gate, where his tomb is still to be found. Harris was buried next to his wife Arabella, who had died in 1686 at the age of eighteen. Both their names are inscribed on a stone marker inside the pavilion-like construction on top of their graves.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Scarre |first1=Chris |title=The English Cemetery at Surat: Pre-Colonial Cultural Encounters in Western India |journal=The Antiquaries Journal |date=2005 |volume=85 |issue=1 |pages=(270–271; 274–284) |url=http://dro.dur.ac.uk/3774/1/3774.pdf%3FDDD6%2Bdrk0cs%2Bdrk0rew%2Bdrk4tlf%2Bdrk0cs%2Bdrk0cmg%2Bdrk0mjc |doi=10.1017/s0003581500074400|s2cid=154525745 }}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 01:59, 1 December 2023
Bartholomew Harris (died at Surat on 10 May 1694) was an English governor in India. After Sir John Child, 1st Baronet was appointed governor of Bombay in May 1687, Harris assumed the former office of Child as president of the English factory in Surat. After Child's death on 4 February 1690, Harris also assumed the Bombay presidency, even though he chose to stay in Surat, where he died on 10 May 1694. Harris was buried at the English Cemetery north of Surat near the Variav Gate, where his tomb is still to be found. Harris was buried next to his wife Arabella, who had died in 1686 at the age of eighteen. Both their names are inscribed on a stone marker inside the pavilion-like construction on top of their graves.[1]
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[edit]- ^ Scarre, Chris (2005). "The English Cemetery at Surat: Pre-Colonial Cultural Encounters in Western India". The Antiquaries Journal. 85 (1): (270–271, 274–284). doi:10.1017/s0003581500074400. S2CID 154525745.
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