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{{Short description|English merchant and civil servant}}
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'''Josias Du Pre''' or '''Du Pré''' (1721 – 1780) was an English merchant, a director of the [[East India Company]] and [[Governor of Madras]].<ref name="Love">{{cite book|author=Henry Davidson Love|title=Indian Records Series Vestiges of Old Madras|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=h2nkEiSSDaYC&pg=PA1|accessdate=20 April 2012|publisher=Mittal Publications|pages=1–3|id=GGKEY:GE1U0JNYH0Q}}</ref>
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{{Infobox President
| name = Josias Du Pré
| image =
| order =
| office = Governor of Madras
| term_start = 31 January 1770
| term_end = 2 February 1773
| lieutenant =
| predecessor = [[Sir Robert Palk, 1st Baronet]]
| successor = [[Alexander Wynch]]
| birth_date = 1721
| birth_place = [[South Carolina]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death year and age|1780|1721}}
| death_place = [[Beaconsfield]], [[Buckinghamshire]], England
| party =
| spouse = Rebecca Alexander
| profession =
| religion =
| signature =
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'''Josias Du Pré''' (1721–1780) was a London merchant, a director of the [[East India Company]] and [[Governor of Madras]].<ref name="Love">{{cite book|author=Henry Davidson Love|title=Indian Records Series Vestiges of Old Madras|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h2nkEiSSDaYC&pg=PA1|accessdate=20 April 2012|publisher=Mittal Publications|pages=1–3|id=GGKEY:GE1U0JNYH0Q}}</ref>


==Life==
==Life==
[[File:Wilton Park Estate.jpg|thumb|Wilton Park House]]
He joined the civil service of the East India Company in 1752, as a factor, and rose through a succession of positions. He spent a period in England in the 1760s, and married there.<ref name="Love"/> He purchased the Wilton Park estate in [[Buckinghamshire]] from the Basil family, in 1760,<ref name=HoP/> or around 1770.<ref name=VCH>'Parishes: Beaconsfield', A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 3 (1925), pp. 155-165. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42542 Date accessed: 20 April 2012.</ref>
Du Pré was born in South Carolina, the son of Cornelius Dupré. He joined the civil service of the East India Company in 1752, as a factor, and rose through a succession of positions. He spent a period in England in the 1760s, and married there.<ref name="Love"/> He purchased the [[Wilton Park Estate]] near Beaconsfield in [[Buckinghamshire]] from the Basil family in 1760,<ref name=HoP/> or around 1770.<ref name=VCH>'Parishes: Beaconsfield', A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 3 (1925), pp. 155-165. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42542 Date accessed: 20 April 2012.</ref>


Du Pre was Governor of Madras from 1770 to 1773. He was mostly preoccupied with the construction of fortifications there. His authority was circumscribed: [[Eyre Coote (East India Company officer)|Eyre Coote]], the military commander, and [[Sir John Lindsay]] who had overall command in the East Indies, left him little room in which to operate.<ref name="Love"/>
Du Pré was Governor of Madras from 1770 to 1773. He was mostly preoccupied with the construction of fortifications there. His authority was circumscribed: [[Eyre Coote (East India Company officer)|Eyre Coote]], the military commander, and [[Sir John Lindsay]] who had overall command in the East Indies, left him little room in which to operate.<ref name="Love"/>


Once back in England he commissioned [[Richard Jupp]] to build a mansion at Wilton Park. Known as the "White House", it was completed in 1779.<ref name="Bull">{{cite news |last1=Bull |first1=Clare |title=Wilton Park |url=https://www.beaconsfieldhistory.org.uk/content/beaconsfield-history/the-great-houses/wilton-park |accessdate=20 May 2019 |work=Beaconsfield and District Historical Society}}</ref>
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Du Pre at the end of his life became a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]], owing the honour to his appointment two decades earlier of [[Alexander Dalrymple]] as his deputy.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Christa Jungnickel|author2=Russell McCormmach|title=Cavendish: The Experimental Life|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=XpyvPTRwLoQC&pg=PA264|accessdate=20 April 2012|year=1999|publisher=Bucknell University Press|isbn=978-0-8387-5445-0|page=264}}</ref> He died at [[Beaconsfield]].<ref name=VCH/>

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Du Pré at the end of his life became a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]],<ref> {{cite web|url=https://collections.royalsociety.org/DServe.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=1&dsqSearch=%28%28text%29%3D%27Dupre%27%29|title=Fellow Details|publisher= Royal Society|accessdate= 19 May 2019}} </ref> owing the honour to his appointment two decades earlier of [[Alexander Dalrymple]] as his deputy.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Christa Jungnickel|author1-link=Christa Jungnickel|author2=Russell McCormmach|author2-link=Russell McCormmach|title=Cavendish: The Experimental Life|url=https://archive.org/details/cavendishexperim00jung|url-access=registration|accessdate=20 April 2012|year=1999|publisher=Bucknell University Press|isbn=978-0-8387-5445-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/cavendishexperim00jung/page/264 264]}}</ref>

He died at Wilton Park in 1780.<ref name=VCH/>


==Family==
==Family==


He married Rebecca Alexander, daughter of Nathaniel Alexander and sister of [[James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon]], another [[nabob]]: [[Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon]], son of the first Earl, was named after Josias.<ref>{{ODNBweb|id= 93359|title=Alexander, Du Pre|first=P. J.|last=Jupp}}</ref>
He married Rebecca Alexander, daughter of Nathaniel Alexander and sister of [[James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon]], another [[nabob]]: [[Du Pré Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon]], son of the first Earl, was named after Josias.<ref>{{ODNBweb|id= 93359|title=Alexander, Du Pre|first=P. J.|last=Jupp}}</ref>


Of the childre of Josias and Rebecca:
Of the children of Josias and Rebecca:


* [[James Du Pre]] was a Member of Parliament.<ref name=HoP>[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/du-pratilde-james-1778-1870 historyofparliamentonline.org, ''Du Pré, James (1778-1870), of Wilton Park, Beaconsfield, Bucks''.]</ref>
* [[James Du Pré]] was a Member of Parliament.<ref name=HoP>[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/du-pratilde-james-1778-1870 historyofparliamentonline.org, ''Du Pré, James (1778–1870), of Wilton Park, Beaconsfield, Bucks''.]</ref>
*Eliza married Colonel Brice, and then Rev. John Blackwood, son of [[Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Baronet]].<ref>[http://thepeerage.com/p40484.htm#i404832 thepeerage.com, ''Eliza Dupré''.]]</ref>
* Eliza married Colonel Brice, and then Rev. John Blackwood, son of [[Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Baronet]].<ref>[http://thepeerage.com/p40484.htm#i404832 thepeerage.com, ''Eliza Dupré''.]</ref>
*Rebecca married [[Sir Philip Grey Egerton, 9th Baronet]]; [[Sir Philip Grey Egerton, 10th Baronet]] was their son.
* Rebecca married [[Sir Philip Grey Egerton, 9th Baronet]]; [[Sir Philip Grey Egerton, 10th Baronet]] was their son.


Josias Du Pre's sister Esther married Paul Porcher, and was mother of the MP [[Josias Du Pré Porcher]].<ref>[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/porcher-josias-du-pratildecopy-1761-1820 historyofparliamentonline.org, ''Porcher, Josias Du Pré (?1761-1820), of Hillingdon House, Mdx. and Winslade House, Devon''.]]</ref>
Josias Du Pré's sister Esther married Paul Porcher, and was mother of the MP [[Josias Du Pré Porcher]].<ref>[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/porcher-josias-du-pratildecopy-1761-1820 historyofparliamentonline.org, ''Porcher, Josias Du Pré (?1761–1820), of Hillingdon House, Mdx. and Winslade House, Devon''.]</ref>


==Notes==
==Notes==
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Latest revision as of 07:11, 19 November 2024

Josias Du Pré
Governor of Madras
In office
31 January 1770 – 2 February 1773
Preceded bySir Robert Palk, 1st Baronet
Succeeded byAlexander Wynch
Personal details
Born1721
South Carolina, U.S.
Died1780 (aged 58–59)
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England
SpouseRebecca Alexander

Josias Du Pré (1721–1780) was a London merchant, a director of the East India Company and Governor of Madras.[1]

Life

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Wilton Park House

Du Pré was born in South Carolina, the son of Cornelius Dupré. He joined the civil service of the East India Company in 1752, as a factor, and rose through a succession of positions. He spent a period in England in the 1760s, and married there.[1] He purchased the Wilton Park Estate near Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire from the Basil family in 1760,[2] or around 1770.[3]

Du Pré was Governor of Madras from 1770 to 1773. He was mostly preoccupied with the construction of fortifications there. His authority was circumscribed: Eyre Coote, the military commander, and Sir John Lindsay who had overall command in the East Indies, left him little room in which to operate.[1]

Once back in England he commissioned Richard Jupp to build a mansion at Wilton Park. Known as the "White House", it was completed in 1779.[4]

Du Pré at the end of his life became a Fellow of the Royal Society,[5] owing the honour to his appointment two decades earlier of Alexander Dalrymple as his deputy.[6]

He died at Wilton Park in 1780.[3]

Family

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He married Rebecca Alexander, daughter of Nathaniel Alexander and sister of James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon, another nabob: Du Pré Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon, son of the first Earl, was named after Josias.[7]

Of the children of Josias and Rebecca:

Josias Du Pré's sister Esther married Paul Porcher, and was mother of the MP Josias Du Pré Porcher.[9]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Henry Davidson Love. Indian Records Series Vestiges of Old Madras. Mittal Publications. pp. 1–3. GGKEY:GE1U0JNYH0Q. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  2. ^ a b historyofparliamentonline.org, Du Pré, James (1778–1870), of Wilton Park, Beaconsfield, Bucks.
  3. ^ a b 'Parishes: Beaconsfield', A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 3 (1925), pp. 155-165. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42542 Date accessed: 20 April 2012.
  4. ^ Bull, Clare. "Wilton Park". Beaconsfield and District Historical Society. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Fellow Details". Royal Society. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  6. ^ Christa Jungnickel; Russell McCormmach (1999). Cavendish: The Experimental Life. Bucknell University Press. p. 264. ISBN 978-0-8387-5445-0. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  7. ^ Jupp, P. J. "Alexander, Du Pre". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/93359. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. ^ thepeerage.com, Eliza Dupré.
  9. ^ historyofparliamentonline.org, Porcher, Josias Du Pré (?1761–1820), of Hillingdon House, Mdx. and Winslade House, Devon.
Political offices
Preceded by Governor of Madras
1770–1773 		Succeeded by
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