List of governors of Bombay
Company Governors (1668–1862)
On 21 September 1668, the Royal Charter of 27 March 1668 led to the transfer of Bombay from Charles II to the British East India Company for an annual rent of £10 (equivalent retail price index of £1,226 in 2007).

List of governors of Bombay

Section Title: Company Governors (1668–1862)
Table Section Text: On 21 September 1668, the Royal Charter of 27 March 1668 led to the transfer of Bombay from Charles II to the British East India Company for an annual rent of £10 (equivalent retail price index of £1,226 in 2007).

#	Name	Portrait	Assumed office	Left office	Years in office	Remarks

1	George Oxenden	23 September 1668	14 July 1669	1

2	Gerald Aungier	14 July 1669	30 June 1677	8

3	Henry Oxenden	30 June 1677	27 October 1681	4

4	John Child	27 October 1681	4 February 1690	8

5	Richard Keigwin	27 December 1683	19 November 1684	1	Unofficial

6	Bartholomew Harris	4 February 1690	10 May 1694	4

7	Daniel Annesley	10 May 1694	17 May 1694	Acting

8	John Gayer	17 May 1694	November 1704	10

9	Nicholas Waite	November 1704	September 1708	4

10	William Aislabie	September 1708	11 October 1715	7

11	Stephen Strutt	11 October 1715	26 December 1715	Acting

12	Charles Boone	26 December 1715	9 January 1722	7

13	William Phipps	9 January 1722	10 January 1729	7

14	Robert Cowan	10 January 1729	22 September 1734	5

15	John Horne	22 September 1734	7 April 1739	5

16	Stephen Law	7 April 1739	15 November 1742	3

17	John Geekie	15 November 1742	26 November 1742	Acting

18	William Wake	26 November 1742	17 November 1750	8

19	Richard Bourchier	17 November 1750	1760	10

20	Sir John Holkell	1760	28 February 1760	Acting

21	Charles Crommelin	28 February 1760	27 January 1767	7

22	Thomas Hodges	27 January 1767	23 February 1771	4

23	William Hornby	26 February 1771	1 January 1784	13

24	Rawson Hart Boddam	1 January 1784	9 January 1788	4

25	Andrew Ramsay	9 January 1788	6 September 1788	1	Acting

26	William Medows	-	6 September 1788	21 January 1790	2

27	Robert Abercromby	-	21 January 1790	26 November 1792	2

28	George Dick	26 November 1792	9 November 1795	3	Acting

29	John Griffith	9 November 1795	27 December 1795	Acting

30	Jonathan Duncan	27 December 1795	11 August 1811	16

31	George Brown	11 August 1811	12 August 1812	1	Acting

32	Sir Evan Nepean, Bt.	SirEvanNepean.JPG	12 August 1812	1 November 1819	7

33	Mountstuart Elphinstone	-	1 November 1819	1 November 1827	8

34	Sir John Malcolm	-	1 November 1827	1 December 1830	3

35	Sir Thomas Sidney Beckwith	1 December 1830	15 January 1831	1	Acting

36	John Romer	17 January 1831	21 March 1831	Acting

37	John FitzGibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare	2ndEarlOfClare.jpeg	21 March 1831	17 March 1835	4

38	Sir Robert Grant	-	17 March 1835	9 July 1838	3

39	James Farish	11 July 1838	31 May 1839	1	Acting

40	James Rivett Carnac	31 May 1839	27 April 1841	2

41	William Hay Macnaghten	-	27 April 1841	28 April 1841	Acting

42	George William Anderson	28 April 1841	9 June 1842	1	Acting

43	George Arthur	-	9 June 1842	6 August 1846	4

44	Lestock Robert Reid	6 August 1846	23 January 1847	1	Acting

45	George Russell Clerk	23 January 1847	1 May 1848	1	Acting

46	Lucius Cary (Lord Falkland)	1 May 1848	26 December 1853	5

47	John Elphinstone (Lord Elphinstone)	26 December 1853	11 May 1860	7

48	George Russell Clerk	11 May 1860	24 April 1862	2	Acting

Sentence(s)

Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland was the Governor of Bombay, in which post he remained until 1853.

final_sentence: Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland was the Governor of Bombay, in which post he remained until 1853.