132 GOVERNORS OF FORT ST. GEORGE. 



Names. 



Landed in 

 Madras. 



Assumed 

 Charge of 

 Office. 



Made over 

 Charge. 



Embarked 

 for England. 



Remarks. 



Mr. Edmund Montague. 



Mr. William Eraser ... 

 Mr. Edward Harrison. 

 Mr. Joseph Collet 

 Mr. Francis Hastings... 

 Mr. Nathaniel Elwick... 

 Mr. James Macrae 

 Mr. George Morton 

 Pitt. 



Mr. Richard Benyon ... 

 Mr. Nicholas Morse ... 



May 

 July 

 Aug. 

 July 

 Feb. 

 Aug. 

 Dec. 



31, 1685 

 11, 1711 

 28, 1716 

 16, 1701 



25, 1719 

 30, 1724 



26, 1724 



June 28, 1733 

 June 25, 1718 



Mr. John Hinde 



Mr. Charles Floyer 



Mr. Thomas Saunders. 



July 14, 17S2 



Mr. George Pigot 



Mr. Robert Palk 



Mr. Charles Bourchier. 



Mr. Josias DuPre 



Mr. Alexander Wynch. 



July 26, 1737 



Oct. 2, 1761 



Dec. 30, 1741 



June 10, 1752 



July 12,1768 



Oct. 17, 1709 



Nov. 

 July 

 Jan. 

 Jan. 

 Oct. 

 Jan. 

 May 



3, 1709 

 11, 1711 



8, 1717 

 18, 1720 

 15, 1721 

 15, 1725 

 14, 1730 



Jan. 23, 1735 

 Jany. 17, 1744 



April 16,1747 



Sept. 19,1750 



Jan. 14, 1755 



Nov. 14, 1763 



Jan. 25, 1767 



Jan. 31, 1770 



Feb. 2, 1773 



Nov. 3, 1709 



July 

 Jan. 

 Jan. 

 Oct. 

 Jan. 

 May 

 Jan. 



11, 1711 

 8, 1717 

 18, 1720 

 15, 1721 

 15, 1725 

 14, 1730 

 23, 1735 



Jan, 17, 1744 



Jan. 

 Jan. 



Jan. 

 Jan. 

 Jan. 



8, 1717 

 18, 1720 



17, 1725 

 21, 1731 

 23, 1735 



Jan. 17, 1744 



Jan. 14, 1755 



Nov. 14, 1763 



Jan. 25, 1767 



Jan. 31, 1770 



Feb. 2, 1773 



Dec. 11,1775 



Jan. 14, 1755 



Nov. 14, 1763 



Jan. 25, 1767 



Feb. 8, 1770 



Feb. 2, 1773 



Feb. 15,1776 



Acting Governor. 

 Acting Governor. 



Acting Governor. 



Madras having 

 been captured by 

 the French on the 

 10th September 

 1746, the govern- 

 ment of the Set- 

 tlements on the 

 Coast devolved 

 on Mr. John 

 H inde, the Depu- 

 ty Governor of 

 Fort St. David. 



Mr. Hinde died at 

 Fort St. David on 

 the 14th April 

 1747 previous to 

 the receipt of the 

 Court of Direc- 

 tors' Despatch of 

 24th January 1747 

 creating Fort St. 

 David the Chief 

 Settlement and 

 appointing Mr. 

 Hinde President 

 and Governor. 



The Court's De- 

 spatch ordering 

 Mr. Floyer's 

 dismissal from 

 the service was 

 received at Fort 

 St. David on the 

 6th July 1750. 



The seat of Govern- 

 ment was re-es- 

 tablished at 

 Madras on the 

 5th April 1752, 

 four years after 

 its restoration to 

 the English by 

 the treaty of Aix- 

 la-Chapelle. 



